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Becker, Susan – Instructor, 1983
This article offers ways to teach students about nuclear war. Suggestions include: (1) teaching problem solving; (2) presenting alternative views; (3) taking a factual approach; (4) thinking about possibilities; and (5) encouraging action. Included is a list of curriculum guides appropriate for teachers of intermediate grade students. (JMK)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Coping, Fear, Intermediate Grades
Bensley, Loren B.; Bertsch, Donald P. – School Administrator, 1987
Since no school district is immune to death, the concepts of death and dying, stress management, and suicide should be worked into the curriculum beginning in the fourth grade. Advice is given concerning planning for potential tragedy, responding to a student's or staff member's death, and establishing memorials. Two figures cite teenage suicide…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Coping, Curriculum Enrichment
Adler, Emily Stier – 1984
This paper addresses the problem of faculty members being confronted, in or out of the classroom, with students' personal reactions to some of the subject matter, especially sex and gender material, found in today's college sociology courses. The paper suggests some ways in which sociologists view student sharing of personal reactions and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Coping
Zola, John; Zola, Jaye – 1985
Intended for educators interested in providing peace and nuclear war education in the public schools, this publication examines the nature of peace and nuclear war education, rationales for its inclusion in the public school program, and ways to deal with the controversial nature of the topics. The first of eight chapters presents a four-fold…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Coping