Social Education
Volume 60 Number 7
November/December 1996

The World Around Us: Global Education

Teaching Ideas

A Journey on Three Rivers: The Nile, The Rhine, The Mississippi
Anita Allen
Rivers may help us define who we are better than manmade boundaries.

Real People, Common Themes:
Using Trade Books to Counter Stereotypes
Jo Sullivan
Good trade books are an engaging way to introduce diverse cultures in the classroom.

Past Meets Present: A Small Mexican Town as Classroom
Lee M. Penyak and Pamela Duray-Casares
An oral history project whets students’ appetites to learn more about the meeting place
between traditional and modern culture in Mexico.

Us and Them: Challenging the Divisions
Barbara B. Brown
Who are the Nacirema and why is their culture so magic-ridden?

Articles

Bringing Beijing Home... and Into the Classroom
Lyn Reese
The Fourth World Women’s Conference held in Beijing in 1995 may prove the “coming of age” of the international women’s movement.

Civil Society in Democracy’s Third Wave:
Implications for Civic Education
John J. Patrick
The voluntary associations that constitute civil society provide an important bulwark for democracy.

Recent Elections in Former Soviet Bloc Countries
The success of democracy in three former Soviet bloc nations hinges not least on past history.
The Russian Election of 1996
Ben A. Smith
Representative Democracy in Latvia: The Elections of 1995 and 1996
John J. Patrick
Post-Conflict Elections in Bosnia
Mary E. Soley

Building Civic Education in Bosnia
Three American teachers reflect on what they learned from their Bosnian colleagues in a workshop on educating for democracy.
Would I Return? In a Heartbeat!
Pat Feichter
Beauty in the Midst of Devastation
Gail Huschle
Making Connections Between Cultures
Mary Bristol

On Human Dignity: The Need for Human Rights Education
Felisa Tibbetts
Human rights education regards the individual first as a member of the human race.

Teaching About International Conflict and Peace
Mary E. Soley
Global education succeeds when it convinces students they can act to make the world a better place.

Population Education: Lessons for a Changing World
Pamela Wasserman
The environmental impacts of world population growth are the responsibility not only of the developing, but also of the consuming, nations.

Dateline

The New Civics Education:
An Integrated Approach for Australian Schools
Murray Print
The new civics education in Australia goes beyond traditional bromides to tackle issues of human values and multiethnicity.

Instructional Technology: Internet

Global and International Education on the World Wide Web
C. Frederick Risinger
Notable Web sites for global education materials are selected.

Special Feature

Update on World Development
The massive debts of many developing nations are not being helped by diminishing foreign aid.