Suggests activities to develop junior high students' capacity for perspective consciousness considered a key to an effective study of global issues. For use in geography courses, the activities help students understand why different perspectives exist on an issue and how groups share understandings among their members through communication. (RM)

Designed for use in the New York City public secondary schools, this guide was developed to assist the teacher and supervisor in using a three semester, eight theme, global history course. This guide, which covers "Economic, Political, and Cultural Changes in the Post-War World Affect Our Lives Today" is divided into eight sub-themes: (1)…

To aid high school classroom teachers as they develop and implement programs on global issues, the workbook presents suggestions on program procedures and on tailoring global education programs to meet individual school needs. The workbook begins by exploring global interdependence and stressing that major reasons for offering global education…

To aid high school classroom teachers as they develop and implement programs on global issues, the guide outlines basic elements of an ideal global education program. Major themes are: valuing diversity; understanding the world as an interdependent system; developing effective working relationships with others; and understanding prevailing world…

Background information, units of study, and bibliographies that teachers can use to introduce students in grades 5-12 to a systematic study of worldwide human populations are provided. The first section discusses world population problems. The author stresses that developed nations must be concerned with rampant human population growth in the…