Describes activities of a unit on world hunger which include presenting a lexicon, topic overview, and guest speakers; reading topically related novels; creating scrapbooks; discussing pertinent quotations; exploring government role in ameliorating hunger; and completing final papers or projects. Resource materials are listed, including pertinent…

Including both social studies and language skills objectives, this unit of study encourages senior high school students to examine and wrestle with issues concerning nuclear warfare. Activities suggested are many and varied, e.g., students read and discuss fiction and nonfiction, analyze films, do library work, write essays, and conduct surveys.…