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Dale, Jack – Canadian Social Studies, 1998
Presents statistics on students' belief in God and their lack of knowledge about various religions to justify the inclusion of religion studies in school systems. Gives a variety of Web sites for teachers planning to include religion studies in their classrooms. Covers topics such as curriculum, listservs, and indices of religions. (CMK)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Creationism, Cultural Pluralism, Evolution
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Dale, Jack – Canadian Social Studies, 1999
Explains that the Internet is a good source of information and misinformation about the rights that Canadians do and do not enjoy. Provides websites that address human rights issues, such as government and non-governmental organizations, and information for locating newsgroups and listservs. (CMK)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Educational Strategies, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries
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Dale, Jack – Canadian Social Studies, 2000
Provides an annotated list of websites that focus on international human rights. Explains that human rights can be incorporated into curricula whether the focus is on human geography or contemporary global issues. Indicates that the Northern Light search engine produced over 700,000 hits for human rights websites. (CMK)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Global Approach, Human Geography, Instructional Materials
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Dale, Jack – Canadian Social Studies, 2000
Describes a global issues project in which students modeled the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Discusses project aspects while focusing on the use of the Alta Vista Forum for web-based threaded discussion. (CMK)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Dale, Jack – Canadian Social Studies, 2000
Provides a collection of Web sites that can be used when teaching labor studies, such as the Illinois Labor History Society that has a "Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers" and the Canadian Committee on Labor History for a Canadian perspective. (CMK)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Internet, Labor
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Dale, Jack – Canadian Social Studies, 1999
Contends that students in social studies classes can utilize Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) as a presentation and collaborative tool by developing websites. Presents two activities where students submitted webpages for country case studies and created a timeline for the French Revolution. Describes how to use HTML by discussing the various tags.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Benefits, Hypermedia, Instructional Materials