This Environmental Terminology Index or Thesaurus was developed to help meet the urgent need for world-wide communication on practical as well as basic environmental problems. This working draft of the Index includes terms in the areas of physical sciences, social sciences, earth sciences, biology, and ecology. This edition of the thesaurus…

Discusses the teaching of world hunger in the classroom. Controversial questions and map skills for students are discussed as well as activities for home economics and science classes. A list of resource materials is included. (AM)

Papers presented at a symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Rural Sociology of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are collected in this volume. The first four papers--by Olaf Larson, Edward Moe, Daryl Hobbs, and Robert Gard--discuss the department's history, emphasizing the contributions of outstanding…

This publication is a catalogue of document descriptions that may be of use to national family planning/population organizations. The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Cooperative Information Service (ICIS) has developed this quarterly series as a service to population documentation centers so that these centers can acquire the…

Presents an updated, selective, annotated bibliography of publications, new periodicals, and scientific research reports in these subject categories: sociocultural factors (nutritional anthropology), environmental factors (biocultural anthropology), biologic factors (physical anthropology), psychologic aspects, food traditions, and implications.…

This multi-disciplinary annotated bibliography introduces students to reference resources on developing nations. The collection looks at reference works on developing areas of the world as a whole. The reference collection contains many specialized subject bibliographies that may be identified by a keyword search. Sections of the bibliography…

Presents an annotated bibliography of Web sites that focus on the issue of terrorism. Aims to assist teachers in educating their students and helping them cope with terrorism since the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States. Offers sites on other terrorist attacks on the U.S. (CMK)

This resource guide provides educators and community workers with a listing of written materials, audio-visual materials, and Ottawa-Carleton (Canada) area speakers dealing with peace education. The first of three parts lists 27 books, kits, and curriculum materials. For each listing, appropriate grade level, annotation, ordering address, and…

Studies of the role of education in human development, especially in relation to approaches to national education in developing countries, are cited in this 45-item annotated bibliography. Other topics covered include educational development in rural areas, and development through non-formal and adult education programs. Case studies of individual…

This bibliography is designed to help teachers find resources and suitable K-12 classroom materials that introduce and incorporate global perspectives into curricula. This collection emphasizes the interrelatedness of world problems and issues, as well as of areas of the world. The bibliography contains the following three sections: resources for…

This catalog presents descriptions of over 41 children's picture books from 19 countries that formed an exhibition sent worldwide to promote and help maintain peace. The majority of the books do not deal directly with the horrors of war but rather deal with its preconditions: intolerance, xenophobia, prejudice against being different, misuse of…

Geography teachers can use mathematics to teach fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students about critical global issues. Five sample problems concerning population, poverty, waste, the arms race, and hunger are presented. The global issue related to each problem is discussed, and the solution and mathematical skill are provided. (RM)

The problems associated with acid rain as well as strategies on what to do and how to do it are addressed in this resource guide. The first section identifies and describes the U.S. agencies and congressional committees which play a role in acid rain research, legislation, and regulation. Actions already taken by the executive and legislative…

This is an annotated listing of selected print and nonprint resource materials for a basic secondary social studies program in Canada. The list is intended to aid school systems and their personnel in selecting learning materials for use with the Alberta social studies curriculum as set out in their program of studies. Most items cited were…

Contains abstracts of documents dealing with various aspects of environmental education currently available through the Educational Resources Information Center's (ERIC) issues of "Resources in Education" and also from the "Current Index to Journals in Education." Includes information on obtaining the listings. (ML)