Suggests how social studies classroom teachers can help students understand culture and folk art through study of folk tales. Activities involve students in class and group discussions of other cultures, story telling, illustrating folk tales, playing traditional games, and studying traditional foods and medicines. (Author/DB)

The lesson is designed to acquaint students with the positions taken on environmental issues by leading jurists. Activities include writing the second act of an environmental play, role play, dramatic reading, and class discussion. (Author/DB)

Presents a case study of an Indian village to show how and why values change as a result of environmental change. Objectives, suggested teaching time, materials, teaching techniques, and discussion questions are included. (Author/DB)

Describes a role playing exercise in which students act as delegates to a meeting at which they will revise the Antarctic Treaty. Background information is presented about Antarctica, the Antarctic Treaty, and positions of 19 nations with regard to the Treaty. (Author/DB)

Described is a social studies lesson plan which investigates colonialism in Africa by focusing on individual attitudes toward the colonial experience. Maps, questions, teaching suggestions, and student materials are provided. (Author/DB)

This social studies unit uses folk tale learning as an approach to teach students about the fate of the world's trees. Activities involve students in producing original folk tales, role playing, and defining and defending conflicting attitudes about trees. (Author/DB)

Presents classroom activities designed to help students conceptualize the abstractions of change and time on a planetary scale. Students are asked to match drawings with brief descriptions of major changes which humans have effected. (Author/DB)