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Direct linkRisinger, C. Frederick – Social Education, 2012
Just a few months earlier, the United Nations and the World Bank reported that 1.4 billion people live below the new poverty rate of US $1.25 per day. That news was accompanied by stories of severe famine in Africa, Asia, and even scattered through Europe and the Americas. The author knows that it's sometimes difficult to teach about contemporary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Global Approach, Internet
Tuning, William A. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1981
The 1980 Morley Olympics at May Morley Elementary School is an example of a successful special event in which sport served as the launching pad for an interdisciplinary educational experience. Teachers developed special classroom activities featuring the Olympic Games. Students registered as competitors from several countries. (JN)
Descriptors: Athletics, Competition, Creative Writing, Current Events
Wegner, Gregory P. – 1991
Teacher education programs of U.S. universities hold great potential for promoting new ways of thinking about the formation of a united Germany and its future role in Europe. These programs are important because they influence teacher candidates as to how they will teach about the New Europe. Three recommendations are offered to expand the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Course Content, Current Events, Curriculum Development
Download full textGaunt, Philip – 1990
Recent historical events have made it increasingly important to strengthen the study of Western Europe in U.S. schools. With full integration of the European Community after 1992, with the unification of the two Germanys, and with the newly democratic states of the old Soviet bloc seeking some form of association with the European Economic…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Current Events, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnson, Jeffrey R. – 1990
In spring 1989, the United States watched intently as televised reports relayed the events unfolding in Beijing's (China) Tiananmen Square. This concern for a people whose culture and political institutions are significantly different reflects a continuing and compelling interest in China. Although historians and journalists in the United States…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Comparative Education
Berkley, June, Ed. – Focus: Teaching English Language Arts, 1982
The articles in this collection deal with various methods of global education--education to prepare students to function as understanding and informed citizens of the world. Topics discussed in the 26 articles include: (1) the necessity of global education; (2) global education in the elementary school language arts curriculum; (3) science fiction…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Current Events, Curriculum Development
