Based on a deductive approach, this evaluated k-12 social studies sequential program focuses on conceptual understandings in anthropology. (SM)

The assessed social studies project is designed to teach high school students of average ability to clarify and justify their positions on public issues''; training students to examine and analyze controversial issues through discussion and argument. (Author/SM)

This article evaluates a project with an inquiry-based methodology in which high school students experience and attempt to solve the same type of urban problems faced by professional geographers. (SM)

The American government course and materials, described and evaluated in this article, have been designed to prepare secondary students to organize data, utilize concepts, and apply analytic skills. (SM)

This article evaluates law instruction materials that can be combined in an interdisciplinary way in the hope that secondary students will be thoroughtly familiar with the law and, therefore, resist injustice. By using an inquiry approach into case studies students delve into controversial social problems that exist in urban America. (SM)

Elementary social science materials which introduce children to basic social science methods and, further, give students the opportunity to investigate specific areas in human behavior are described and evaluated. A method termed value inquiry'' helps the student gain a realistic understanding of his social environment. (Author/SM)

Interdisciplinary social studies units for grades k-12 are analyzed. Inquiry is the dominant teaching strategy in the materials but emphasis is also on concept teaching.

Instructional Materials designed for junior high students in an attempt to bridge the gap between education and work by helping students develop an understanding of economic processes and the role of work in their lives are assessed. (SM)

Interdisciplinary social science instructional materials for grades one through eight are evaluated in this article. Cognitive and affective teaching strategies are employed in the project. (SM)

Six paperback economic units intended for grade 12 high school students and junior college students which focus on knowledge, skill, and value objectives are assessed. The course strategy integrates a variety of inquiry learning modes and programed instruction techniques. (SM)

Program descriptions and evaluations are provided for three major sets of sociology materials for secondary grades: Inquires in Sociology, Episodes in Social Inquiry, and Readings in Sociology. (SM)

Two major programs that emphasize the learning process, The Intergroup Relations Curriculum for K-6 pupils, and the High School Social Studies Program are analyzed. (SM)

Social studies materials for secondary grades containing case studies of social problems which require critical thinking skills are assessed and described. (SM)

Two new curriculum development projects, interdisciplinary in nature, are described in this article. Exploring Human Nature, the Educational Development Center project, is a social studies course for high school students which integrates biological science into its program. Conversely, the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study course, Human…

In this article, an attempt is made to help administrators and teachers determine, evaluate and decide which social studies instructional materials most effectively meet their needs. A few guidelines, questions, and a response form are suggested by the author to help teachers cope with factors which make it difficult to choose materials. (SM)