Defines and discusses the uses of poetic games in a second language classroom. Provides an extensive inventory of poetic games, with examples in French and English. (EKN)

Graphs are used to help students keep records of their scores as they learn the basic facts. (MNS)

Describes an ecology project in which sixth-grade students built and operated a nature trail on the edge of school property. Classes toured the trail and participated in grade-appropriate follow-up activities (e.g., art lessons and soil analysis activities). (RH)

For social studies teachers, the challenge is to teach about war by going beyond causes and results and the major battles and highlights historians claim as important. Excerpts from literature and primary source materials and discussion questions are presented to help secondary students study the personal side of World War I. (RM)

Presents a mini-unit designed to integrate the topic of pet ownership into the teaching of responsible decision making. Includes a general discussion on the nature of decision making, rationale for the unit, and suggested activities. Although activities are designed for upper elementary grades and older, they can be adapted for younger students.…

Ways in which story telling can relate to visual images are suggested. Questions about Matisse's "The Thousand and One Nights" are provided as an example. Instructions for selecting a story and illustrating it through paints, collage, or cutouts are also included. (KC)

The author describes lessons provided for regular class elementary students to help them understand disabilities and disabled persons. Objectives, materials needed, and activities are outlined for six lessons focusing on the following topics: individual differences, wheelchairs; devices that help people walk; amputation, artificial limbs, and…

Elementary children can be introduced to the historical processes of evaluating and interpreting materials within the existing curriculum. Activities for teachers and students are suggested. (AM)

Outlines a framework for designing enriched learning activities in social studies for gifted students. Two examples of learning activities are presented, and analyzed in terms of the framework. The examples, because of their structure and open-endedness, can be used with many age and ability levels. (RM)

Demonstrates the relevance of values probing strategies for helping high school and college students understand values issues. In this approach, students react to a conflict issue from their own perspectives and justify their reactions, clarify and evaluate their arguments and alternative viewpoints, discover the values that give rise to the…

Explains how elementary school social studies classroom teachers can use baseball cards as vehicles to teach children various skills and concepts from a variety of subject fields. Card-related activities include analyzing statistical data on the back of cards, finding cities where teams are located on maps and globes, and measuring distances…

Based on recent medical research, the article poses questions regarding how pesticides and fertilizers may affect children in the classroom. Particular emphasis is placed on the learning disabilities of minority students (particularly, migrant children and children on Indian reservations) as a result of pesticides. (DB)