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Kernochan, Adelaide – Social Education, 1989
Describes the efforts of educators throughout the world to teach about the United Nations. Each of the different world regions focuses on specific UN principles and work related to their own national priorities. Examples are from the Caribbean Islands, Eastern Europe, France, the Philippines, Africa, and the Nordic Countries. (KO)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Schwartzman, Roy – 1993
A film presented as factual may permit critical responses that question its purported factual objectivity and political neutrality. In class, Hans-Georg Gadamer's concept of effective-historical consciousness can be used to evaluate the allegedly propagandistic messages in Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will." Analysis of this 1934…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Critical Viewing, Documentaries, Film Criticism
Connecticut Public Television, Hartford. – 1997
These teaching guides are meant to supplement the eighth season (1997-98) of the PBS Series "Scientific American Frontiers". Episode 801 is entitled "Expedition Panama: Science at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute" and the teaching guide contains information and activities on the ultrasonic communication of bats,…
Descriptors: Animal Caretakers, Aquariums, Art, Creativity