Developed by a state committee on human relations for administrators, classroom teachers, special service personnel, parents, and community groups, this curriculum guide contains ideas and suggestions for implementing principles of human relations into the educational system. Major sections discuss: (1) The American Democratic Society, (2) Major…

This is an elementary school guide for teaching about human rights prepared for use in the Detroit, Michigan public schools. The guide presents a number of overall goals and specific educational objectives in the area of human rights. Each of these objectives is paired with corresponding classroom activities and resource materials. Topics of study…

One hundred and twenty-six children's trade books in the field of social studies during the year 1972 are listed. Selection criteria included choosing books written for grades K-8; emphasizing human relations; presenting an original theme or new slant on a traditional topic; and being highly readable. In addition to providing complete…

Provides annotated bibliography of elementary-level trade books which emphasize human relations and social themes. The 108 books were reviewed by social studies teachers, and are divided into six categories: United States history, culture, and life; world history and culture; biographies; folktales, myths, legends, and storytelling; contemporary…

Books selected for this annotated bibliography (1) are written primarily for children in grades K-8; (2) emphasize human relations; (3) present an original theme or a fresh slant on a traditional topic; (4) are highly readable; and, when appropriate, (5) include maps and illustrations. (RM)

The school experience should increase a child's sense of humanity and of the potentialities for depth and range in human relations. (MM)

Developed a framework for describing and assessing the qualities of sibling relationships by interviewing upper elementary school children and administering a self-report questionnaire to fifth- and sixth-grade children. Component analysis yielded four underlying factors: warmth/closeness, relative status/power, conflict, and rivalry. Relative…

This article argues that all cultures, and thus all families, operate, possibly even evolve, from out of the stories we are told while we are young. Adding to this idea the realization that all stories evolve from out of our cultures, the article suggests societies are shaped by the circularity and interaction of this combination. It focuses on…

The procedure presented here is designed to help children recognize that feelings and attitudes affect what a person sees; what one person sees is not necessarily the same as what another will see; what a person sees often determines how he behaves in a situation; and the way a person behaves influences the way others respond to him. (Author)

The author is concerned with politics in a wider sense--providing children with an individual and collective sense of identity in time and space, giving them opportunities for the exploration of shared experience, making them aware of the responsibilities and privileges of community. (Editor)

Observations and interviews revealed that student teachers view social studies as a nonsubject, as human relations, as citizenship indoctrination, as school knowledge, as an integrative core of the elementary curriculum, and as education for social action. A case study of one student illustrates the complexity of how these perspectives develop.…

Assessed the relationship between individual facilitation skills and a set of personal variables, including age, race, sex, and years of experience, to determine whether human relations training affects individuals. Subjects were 103 second- and fifth-grade teachers in 13 schools. Results showed that training is effective in increasing…

A program model for use in gifted classrooms focuses on achieving altered states of consciousnes in order to further develop the natural talents of children. (PHR)

This bibliography is designed to assist resource aides, teachers, librarians, and parents in selecting books for children which will reinforce positive human relations skills. Part I lists books dealing with responsibility, self-attitude, feelings, communication, families, and the development of self-worth. Part II lists books dealing with…