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Alvermann, Donna E.; Commeyras, Michelle – Journal of Reading, 1994
Argues that textbook language influences classroom talk in both coercive and liberating ways. Offers an approach that helps teachers use that fact to get students thinking about texts' hidden messages, in particular regarding gender inequalities. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Females, Secondary Education
Critical Games: Four Games To Help Develop Critical Perspectives on Economic and Social Development.
Cumming, James A., Ed. – 1994
The four games in this booklet are designed to stimulate critical thinking about the effects of structural and cultural issues on society and on the process of social change. The first and original game, "The Growth Game," gives participants a hands-on experience with the basic theoretical constructs of a Marxian critique of the mainstream tenets…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged
Kivel, Paul; Creighton, Allan – 1997
The "Making the Peace" curriculum is a complete program offering everything needed to address violence prevention in the classroom, after-school program, residential program for youth, or juvenile justice setting. The curriculum can be adapted to various time frames and parts may be incorporated into social studies, health, or other…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Conflict Resolution, Economic Factors, Guns