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)

Two Latin American stories are presented as examples of tales which can help students explore the use of animals in folk tales and the special qualities of myth. The stories reinforce a global perspective by stressing commonalities among people from all cultures. (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)

Advocates using folklore to help students build humanities skills and develop global perspectives. Provides an outline of topics and activities which should be an integral part of a folklore study and suggests using the humanities series developed by "Intercom" (see SO 506 865-871) as a curriculum guide. (Author/DB)

Introduces the use of proverbs to teach students about values analysis. Students are involved in considering the sound and rhythm of various proverbs, deriving data about different societies from proverbs, and analyzing the role of proverbs in the development of value systems. (Author/DB)

Describes how stories and poems can help students understand the experience of growing up in various cultures. Students are involved in role playing, dramatization, and writing assignments. A Yoruba poem and a tale from the mountains of North Carolina are presented as examples. (Author/DB)

Presents 18 curriculum units in various subject areas which center upon education with a global perspective. Activities for each topic are described and objectives, are specified. Teacher and student feedback is solicited and a form for reviewing the materials is included. (Author/DB)

Offers suggestions for using Islamic folk tales to help students learn about decision making, accepting authority without losing face, and resolving conflicts with tact and honesty. Objectives, learning activities, and story interpretations are presented. (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)

Presents people's experiences and perceptions of events in four lesson plans. Includes personal accounts of people moving westward, one family's decision to migrate to America, Lucy Stone and women's rights, and Langston Hughes' high school days. (CK)