Fourteen California teachers spent six weeks in Singapore and Indonesia in 1982 on a Fullbright/Hays travel tour. While the content of their tour is relatively easy to teach, the cross-cultural feeling-level experience is not. Suggests activities such as role-playing which might help cross-cultural learning. (CS)

American education must reflect the multiethnic origins of its population. Describes a lesson plan for grades K-6 which uses creation myths and folk tales to develop increased self-awareness and positive self-concept in students. (CS)

Lists 18 statements that form a synthesis of social science concepts. This synthesis was prepared in the late 1950s but was never implemented. The California History Social Science Framework is a new attempt to encourage the integration of social science concepts. (CS)

The model outline for the high school world cultures course as described in the 1981 California History Social Science Framework is printed in its entirety. The course contains units on anthropology, economics, history, political science, sociology, and humanities. Seven culture areas are outlined, and unit goals are indicated. (CS)

The Cultural Exchange program in California is a model supplementary social science curriculum available to California teachers. Students start with their own ethnic heritage and then explore cultural diversity at the community, national, and international levels. Graphics, activities, and materials are designed for fourth- through eighth-grade…

Eric Hoffer's book, "The True Believer," was used in the classroom to help students understand mass movements and the problematic nature of leadership. Suggests a variety of activities to be used in conjunction with the book. (CS)

This statement includes discussion of such topics as social sciences and general studies requirements, screening candidates, professional study, conditions for teaching and learning, academic freedom, and inservice professional development. Includes a checklist for both elementary and secondary teachers on these subjects. (CS)

By restructuring the sequence in which American history is taught so that classes proceed from the present to the past, secondary students in the Backward History Project have learned history more effectively and have been more interested and involved than in standard classes. The philosophy underlying this change is discussed. (IS)

Secondary school teachers in southern Illinois were surveyed about their schools' course offerings in law-related education, their use of prepared project materials for those courses, and teacher preparation. Southern Illinois schools offered these courses in similar proportions to schools throughout the state. Teachers requested more education…

A survey of parents in urban and rural school districts showed a strong belief in the importance of elementary school social studies and more support for innovations such as the curriculum guidelines of the National Council for the Social Studies than publicity about demands to return to basics would suggest. (IS)

Nigeria needs to develop a social studies curriculum which will emphasize the issues that unite rather than divide the nation and that will develop responsible citizens who will preserve and continue to advance efforts toward a just and humane society. Difficulties in achieving these goals are also discussed. (IS)

Six criteria to help teachers teach about controversial issues are suggested. They include being prepared to defend the choice of topic, enlisting help from professional organizations, discriminating between indoctrination and guidance, using a wide variety of data, overcoming the compulsion to cover the text, and learning how to evaluate the…

A review of suggestions for curriculum materials and guidelines by different authors and educational groups shows general agreement that inquiry teaching is the most effective method for teaching social studies. Questions are offered as a way of improving social studies curriculum materials and the quality of learning and teaching. (IS)

Teachers producing their own worksheets can now make ones that include questions that stimulate such higher level cognitive processes as analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing. Suggestions are given for assignments which utilize word searches and partially filled outlines in both group and individual activities. (IS)

Science, technology, and society (STS) is currently underdeveloped in British secondary education. Indicates that, while integrated curricula present the best opportunity for future STS curriculum design, such models as "product,""inquiry," and "relevance" remain unexplored. These models are considered with suggestions as to how STS teaching can…