This resource unit, used either at the end of the 8th grade course or as an alternate course during non-election years in grade nine, provides an area study on the Middle East. Since emphasis in each of the five previous units designed for grade nine is on the American economic system and problems, this particular unit offers a contrasting study of economic systems. The unit also touches upon foreign policy and problems facing America in the Middle East. Arranged in a format similar to other...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Activity Units, Arabs, Area Studies, Curriculum Guides, Economics, Foreign Policy,...
The forces affecting relations among nations as well as the effectiveness of decision making processes in international politics are examined and analyzed by 10th through 12th grade students in the elective quinmester course clustering around political studies. Goals emphasize helping students to understand state interaction and the variables which affect this interaction, to predict the future of states in a nuclear age, and to formulate a reasoned philosophy of behavior for the interaction of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Foreign Policy, Grade 10,...
The resource unit prepares seventh through twelfth grade students for peace, helping them to develop an interest in peace, to realize that it is possible, and to recognize their future role in peacekeeping. Activities are included which help the student understand and assess his own and others' attitudes and beliefs toward peace; examine the social, economic, and political reasons for war; analyze human and environmental problems resulting from war; investigate the aims of the national and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Activity Units, Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy, Human Relations, International...
This is the second unit of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is promoting economic growth in the United States. The objectives are listed as to generalizations, skills, and values. The double-page format relates objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional materials. This unit helps pupils summarize factors promoting or hampering economic growth and then focuses upon issues related to how...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Course Content, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economics, Educational...
This is the third of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is the underdeveloped countries. The objectives are listed as to generalizations, skills, and values. The double-page format relates objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional materials. This unit focuses on the problems of underdeveloped countries around the world in order to understand the relationship of these problems to foreign...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Anthropology, Course Content, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economics...
This is the sixth of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is war and peace. The objectives are listed as to generalizations, skills, and values. The double-page format related objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional materials. This unit deals with the costs of war, with people's attitudes towards war, and with the causes of war. Pupils investigate the international system and the means...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conflict Resolution, Course Content, Current Events, Educational Objectives, Foreign...
This subunit on the foreign policy of the USSR is part of one of four resource units in an eleventh grade area studies course. This subunit begins with a list of objectives, the generalizations, skills, and attitudes to be learned in this section. The materials treat the relations of the USSR with other countries and introduce the USSR's split with the Chinese Communists. Pupils should try to analyze alternative courses of action for United States foreign policy in terms of what they have...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Foreign...
This is a subunit to one of four resource units for an eleventh grade course on area studies. This subunit is a teacher's supplement to the unit on the U.S.S.R. A pretest on the Soviet Union, supplementary readings on the Soviet economy, foreign policy, constitution, government, Soviet attitudes toward the United States, and comparative statistics for the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics comprise the subunit. The units on the USSR are SO 006 325, SO 006 326, SO 006 327,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences,...
These two subunits on Western Europe are part of one of four resource units for an eleventh grade area studies course. The subunits cover foreign policy and the political, social and economic systems of Britain, France, and Germany, and a summary section for the entire unit on Western Europe. Generalizations, skills, and attitudes are listed. The subunit is set up in a double-page format relating objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional materials. The subunit...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Cross Cultural Studies, Economics...
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