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Cooper, Lee B. – Social Education, 1975
A guide to music and its use in secondary classes to explore social change and the future also offers individualized discussion questions, potential classroom resource people, popular songs and reading resources for the teachers -- all categorized in 10 future-oriented themes. (JR)
Descriptors: Ecology, Futures (of Society), Learning Activities, Music
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Feely, Ted, Jr. – Social Education, 1975
The data pool is a teaching technique that can help students to bridge the gap between facts and higher levels of thinking. Teaching suggestions for use of data pools are offered in this article. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: Data, Data Analysis, Learning Activities, Productive Thinking
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Cohan, Mark – Social Education, 1975
Teaching suggestions are offered for using comic books at the secondary level to motivate students to read, write, and discuss social problems. (JR)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Comics (Publications), Learning Activities, Motivation Techniques
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Hollister, Bernard C. – Social Education, 1975
Activities using science fiction literature to teach American History topics such as future shock, economics, urbanization, minority studies, politics, international relations, and contemporary America are suggested. (JR)
Descriptors: American History, Concept Teaching, Futures (of Society), Interdisciplinary Approach
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Holman, Dorothy Riggs – Social Education, 1975
Teaching activities used in secondary women's studies courses in several of the San Diego Schools are presented. A bibliography of 40 materials focusing on women's courses in history and literature is included. (JR)
Descriptors: Humanities Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
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Campanella, Alfred J., Ed. – Social Education, 1984
A compilation of nine social studies activities suitable for immediate application in the classroom includes teaching ideas for middle school, secondary school, and college teachers. Activities include the use of (1) geographic skills to understand the use of solar radiation and available wind power, (2) questions to help students understand…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Liberties, Critical Thinking, Experiential Learning
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Alexander, Mary; Byers, CeCe – Social Education, 1979
Secondary students examine a letter of appeal written during the Depression to President Franklin Roosevelt. The letter is from an attorney concerned with his unemployed father and his ill mother. Suggested exercises include discussion of the letter as an historical document and writing a similar letter. (KC)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Letters (Correspondence), Secondary Education
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Chartock, Roselle – Social Education, 1978
Presents a social studies unit for grade 9 related to the holocaust involving Jews in World War II. Suggests readings, filmstrips, topics for papers, and discussion questions. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: European History, Grade 9, Learning Activities, Racial Attitudes
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Byers, CeCe; Alexander, Mary – Social Education, 1978
Discusses episodes from the history of the Sioux Indians in North and South Dakota and suggests ways in which this information can be incorporated into social studies classroom activities. Information is taken from primary source material in the Educational Division of the National Archives. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: American Indians, Culture Conflict, Curriculum Development, Learning Activities
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Vetter, Don; Paradis, Jerry – Social Education, 1978
Presents learning activities to help secondary school students understand problems involved in deciding sentences for crimes. The specific objective is to increase students' awareness of alternative punishment for offenders. (DB)
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Court Litigation, Educational Objectives, Learning Activities
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Pearson, Robert P. – Social Education, 1978
Presents a hypothetical debate between an Arab and an Israeli concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict. Topics discussed include war, atrocities by Arabs and Israelis, refugees, western influence in the Middle East, and prospects for peace. The article concludes with questions and activities based on the debate. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Arabs, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Debate
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Byers, CeCe; Alexander, Mary – Social Education, 1978
Reviews the course of events leading to the founding of Israel in 1947. Presents primary source materials, activities, and discussion questions to help students analyze reasons for the Arab-Israeli conflict. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Arabs, Diplomatic History, Jews, Learning Activities
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Dabrowski, Walter G. – Social Education, 1978
Suggests that character and personality profiles can heighten student interest in history. Provides an outline for writing a report on an historical personality and recommends activities which involve students in simulation and creative writing. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Biographies, Guidelines, History Instruction, Learning Activities
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Stein, Harry – Social Education, 1978
Describes and explains how to create a visual reading guide (VRG). A VRG is defined as a pre-reading process for use with reading materials which contain pictures, cartoons, charts, graphs, or maps. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Guidelines, Indexing, Junior High School Students
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Blaga, Jeffrey J.; Boyd, Diane Schempp – Social Education, 1978
Describes projects which introduce high school students to the workings of the Federal government by directing them to investigate local government functions. Projects involve telephone interviews with local officials, visits to community agencies, and written and oral reports of student experiences. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Government Role, Inquiry, Learning Activities