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ERIC Number: EJ495552
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Educating Young Children on the United Nations.
Casburn, Judy
Social Education, v58 n7 p441-42 Nov-Dec 1994
Discusses student projects and learning activities used in an Australian elementary school to teach about the United Nations. Asserts that the students viewed the UN General Assembly as a parliament during a role-playing activity. Describes the role that the school's student council played during the schoolwide project. (CFR)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Democratic Values, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Learning Activities, Primary Education, Role Playing, Student Attitudes, Student Government, Student Projects, Student Rights, Teaching Methods, World Affairs
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Australia; United Nations
Note: Theme issue topic: "Dream of a World United: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations."