Characterizes social studies education in Japan and in the United States and evaluates knowledge and attitude changes experienced by American social studies teachers during educational trips to Japan. (DB)

Provides a sample fact lesson for teaching Japanese Geography. After participating in the lesson, students should be able to locate Japan on a world map, match printed names of Japan's four main islands to the correct islands, and understand the inconsistency between the tiny size of Japan and the position of Japan as a world power. (DB)

Presents a research activity concerning the "making" of law for secondary U.S. history or government classes. Students select a piece of significant legislation from among 50 completed during President Johnson's administration and write a short essay tracing the legislation's history from its origins through to its final form as law. (AM)

Presents a learning activity about President Lyndon B. Johnson for use in seventh-grade Texas history classes. Students examine one photograph and two political cartoons depicting President Johnson. They search for clues showing the ways that the president symbolized Texas and summarize their findings in a brief essay. (AM)

Presents an activity for senior high government classes about Vice President Johnson's approach in using power to get the civil rights legislation passed. Students analyze transcripts of phone conversations between Vice President Johnson and Press Secretary Ted Sorensen and discuss how presidential power may be used to influence Congress. (AM)

Presents an activity for senior high government courses about how President Johnson used his powers of persuasion to obtain civil rights legislation. Students analyze the effectiveness of arguments and persuasive techniques in two letters from President Johnson to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (RM)

Presents an activity for high school government or U.S. history classes on President Johnson's attitudes toward education. Students analyze and discuss four primary source documents--a speech, memos, presidential remarks on the signing of education amendments, and a political cartoon. They write a paragraph on Johnson's role in education. (AM)

In this activity for high school American government classes, students examine and discuss six documents concerning the transfer of power to Lyndon Johnson after the Kennedy assassination. The objective of the lesson is to help students understand how power is gained and used. (AM)

A decision-making rationale and curriculum model are given. (SE)

A thorough knowledge of the human environmental association is fundamental, for the man-land relationship encompasses the sum total of integrated learned behavior or culture patterns of particular societies. (Author)