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Peer reviewedBerne, Richard C.; Judy, John M. – Social Education, 1985
Global Trends Workshops for secondary science and social studies teachers and supervisors conducted collaboratively by the Center for Environmental/Energy Education and the Tennessee Valley Authority's Environmental/Energy Education Program are described. The workshops helped teachers learn how to merge global trends with local concerns. (RM)
Descriptors: Community Problems, Environmental Education, Global Approach, Local Issues
Peer reviewedJames, Richard – Teaching Geography, 1979
Describes five successful geography courses centered around local studies for students in the lower ability range. Includes pollution, mapping, traffic surveys of cars and pedestrians, and discovering town trails. Journal available from Longman Group Ltd, Directories and Periodicals Division, 43/45 Annandale Street, Edinburgh EH7 4AT Scotland.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classes (Groups of Students), Community Surveys, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Braden, Nancy – 1981
In this award winning project for incorporating economics study into the curriculum, a fifth grade class studied economic interdependence as it applied to their community (Barling, Arkansas). Class readings of several books dealing with the development of an economic community preceded the students' creation of a mini-Barling with elected…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Awards, Banking, Budgets
