Pennsylvania's Department of Education provides eight energy education modules that cover different secondary school disciplines. This introductory publication is designed to accompany each of the eight subject-area modules. It contains background information for teachers on topics ranging from energy's definition and past uses to nuclear waste…

Teaching should reflect the facts of current language usage. This descriptive approach, when applied to reading, means that the child's reading education should focus on the realities of daily life. Syntactic analysis in reading has been handicapped by an overemphasis on lexical content at the expense of other syntactic structures. Thus, the…

Chronicles the revival of media research during the 1960s and 1970s, and briefly discusses the stimuli for this revival. Outlines six proposals from Katz's report to the British Broadcasting Corporation on areas for further social research on broadcasting concerning problems of "media" and problems of "message." (JMF)

This research focuses on generational aspects of political alienation specifically on whether there is a generational basis to recent patterns of political alienation. (Author/AM)

A sample of 863 college students in a large Midwestern university were polled to ascertain what media sources they might use most extensively for current events, to gauge their actual knowledge of current events, and to compare responses obtained with reported types of media exposure. (Author/MSE)

Presents a lesson plan which uses "Water," by Iri and Toshi Maruki, to provide students in grades 4-6 with an approach to artwork which deals with devastating current events. Students explore artistic collaboration, Japanese beliefs, contemporary conflicts, and contradictory meanings in images. Includes background information,…

Provides bibliographic citations for 53 works by Ojibwe author and satirist, Gerald Vizenor, published from 1966 to 1983: 15 books, 12 short fiction, 2 dramas, 6 poems in anthologies, and 18 articles, editorials, and essays. Includes titles, dates, and places of publication in each entry. (NEC)

Describes a bulletin board activity that identifies scientific phenomena occurring worldwide during the school year. A map of the world is marked with colored pins as students find news information of places and kind of event (e.g.; volcanoes, floods, crop failures, human epidemics). (CS)

There are numerous ways in which parents can assist students in social studies. Parents can read aloud library books that deal with social studies; older peers can also read aloud, providing practice to the older student as well. Parents can relate current events to a nearby globe, locating places mentioned in newscasts. In addition, parents and…

A study measured the effectiveness of the Channel One news program on student achievement in current events. Data were collected to measure the difference in current events knowledge between those students who viewed and discussed Channel One, and those students who had no access to the program. Data based on gender differences in student…

Teachers of political science, social studies, and economics, as well as school library media specialists, will find this resource guide invaluable for incorporating the Internet into their classroom lessons. The guide references over 150 primary Web sites and pairs them with questions and activities designed to encourage critical thinking skills.…

These classroom guides, designed to accompany the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of December 2001, provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Top stories include: President Bush responds to the recent acts of terrorism in Israel,…

This activity book highlights recent changes in international political and economic systems of the world. Teachers of geography, history, economics, political science, current issues, foreign languages, and journalism will find these activities useful in integrating the "State of the World Atlas" into their curriculum. Two introductory activities…