This guide for elementary grade teachers is designed to present a perspective for the social studies which will enable teachers, and hence their students, "to discern coherence, continuity and preciseness in the study of human affairs." It reflects on interdisciplinary approach, based on the relatedness of the social sciences and strongly…

This project developed a conceptually structured program, emphasizing the interdependence relationship that exists within urban centers and between urban centers of Canada and the world, as a curriculum proposal intended to focus student attention on man's behavior in the increasingly multi-dimensional social system in which he lives. Utilizing…

The author states that our present teaching methods tend to foster a common intellectual skill: thinking the world to pieces, and that while this skill is very essential, it is only half of understanding. Our planet functions not according to a program of technological reductionism, but as a gestalt, and we are in desperate need of perceiving it…

A rationale for the social studies k-12 program in Baltimore County is presented in this report designed to help teachers review a philosophy of social studies education. Accompanying the rationale are a series of related position papers which elaborate important aspects of social studies education. Also included is a Board of Education Policy…

PLAN Social studies curriculum attempts to assure that each student achieves educational objectives appropriate to his individual needs and interests. The guiding framework is presented in the form of a list of over one hundred long-range objectives (LRO's). The major objective areas are: inquiry, problem-solving and planning, affective…

The intent of this curriculum project is to help students focus attention on the interdependent relationships that exist in an urban center. In this progress report (see ED 066 351), the second year's work is outlined. Four teachers each designed a unit of study which are presented here, stating objectives, content, and activities. Unit 1, Nuclear…

This curriculum guide for sixth graders focuses upon "Who is Man?", "Who am I?" and "Man Needs Man" in an interdisciplinary sequence that combines scientific and social studies ideas and theories. It is hoped that this approach will help the pupil shape positive change within himself and his society. Emphasis is upon pupils gaining both conceptual…

Self contained multi-media kits for grades 1 through 6 involve students directly in the learning process. Emphasis is on non-verbal learning which takes place when youngsters examine real objects and engage in learning activities. Involved in the discovery and inquiry process, students hypothesize, classify, and categorize. In an interdisciplinary…

The teacher's guide accompanies nine instructional modules on environmental education which are designed as supplementary material for a primary level social studies program. The modules focus on teaching/learning activities that will build on understanding of the interrelationships between man and the land, water, and air. A major objective is to…

Conceptual frameworks for instructional K-12 programs in conservation and environmental education are provided in this draft curriculum guide. The objective is to help students understand cultural and social as well as physical interaction between man and his environment, interaction that, in fact, makes man interdependent with, and binds him to…

Learning activities and teaching methods based on the social science disciplines and language arts skills are presented to aid classroom teachers in grades one through three as they develop and implement social studies education programs. Major objectives of the handbook are to identify social studies concepts which are within the realm of…

The role of geography in the elementary school curriculum is examined in this paper, which is arranged in four parts. Part 1 briefly sketches the characteristics of geographic instruction at different periods in U.S. history. Intellectual development and social education are identified as two widely accepted goals for elementary education today.…

This guide to environmental and outdoor education is based on the principle that man will properly care for his world only if he both understands and appreciates it. Seventy-two multidisciplinary environmental themes are identified for instruction in grades K-12. Each theme is presented with behavioral objectives, key concepts, and both in school…

The overall objective of this project is to develop an interdisciplinary social science curriculum to encourage elementary school children to view, in an historical perspective, the emergence of a Canadian identity and its relationship to continuing Canadian concerns; and, to examine his own identity and values, the identity of others, and his…

This book presents the results derived from the Report to the Ford Foundation on the Ford-Esalen Project in Affective Education. Confluent education refers to a philosophy and a process of teaching and learning in which the affective and cognitive aspects of learning flow together. The project's purposes were: 1) to assemble the various approaches…