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Peer reviewedDonnan, Caroline S. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Describes a program, developed in a small Vermont elementary school, that centered on world hunger and global awareness by involving students in helping stop food waste during lunch. Community members and businesses pledged money as an incentive for stopping waste, and the money raised went to UNICEF. (MD)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Elementary Education, Food, Global Approach
Download full textPalka, Eugene J., Ed. – 2001
Afghanistan and its people are not well known or understood by the United States, yet many U.S. people now consider the U.S. and Afghanistan to be at war. How is it possible to know the enemy? This book offers a complete, but not exhaustive source of information about Afghanistan, the land and its people. The book is intended as a guide for anyone…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts
Malinowski, Jon C., Ed. – 2002
Accused of harboring and supporting terrorists, Saddam Hussein's country of Iraq sits at the top of a short list of targets in United States war on terrorism. Iraq is a country about twice the size of the state of Idaho with a population of over 22 million. The country relies on oil for its economic well-being and controls what some estimate to be…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts
Levy, Tedd, Ed. – 2001
The September 11, 2001 attack on the United States and the killing of thousands of innocent people mark the end of one world and the beginning of another for many. For the United States, global issues became personalized. This resource guide seeks to place terrorism in the context of world affairs, in the belief that students need to know how to…
Descriptors: Activism, Aggression, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Context
Kirk, John J. – Outdoor Communicator, 1982
The World Conservation Strategy calls upon international, national, and regional efforts to balance development with conservation of the world's living resources (e.g., forests, water, farmland, coastal resources). Environmental educators must inform themselves, establish adequate teacher training programs, and develop curriculum materials to…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Environmental Education
Herbst, Laura – 1995
In today's wars, children are on the front lines. This handbook, the result of a meeting of psychologists and humanitarian workers, presents a strategy to meet the needs of children in war and refugee crises that intends to be cost-effective, empowering, and child-focused. The strategy emerged from field work based on the belief that each…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Community Action, Community Control
Florida Advisory Council on Global Education, Miami. – 1981
This report presents a state plan for global education which was prepared by the Florida Advisory Council on Global Education. The plan is intended to be used by kindergarten through adult educators who intend to introduce global perspectives into existing programs. The report contains a brief summary, a list of Council members, a brief…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
