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Social Education
October 1997
Volume 61 No. 6
Economics and the New Environmentalism
Native American Governments in Today's Curriculum
David E. Sahr
It is beyond dispute that the first "American" governments were those of the Native Americans. A good introduction to U.S. government or history can be to examine them.
A Decade to Eradicate Poverty
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations is launching a Decade for the Eradication of Poverty. How does the UN measure poverty and what are its chances for success?
Economic Standards: A Guide for Curriculum Planners
Bonnie Meszaros
The recently published economcis standards outline realistic goals for elementary, middle, and high schools.
Special Section: Economics and the New Environmentalism
Introduction: An Economic Perspective on Protecting the Environment
Mark C. Schug and Richard D. Western
A bitter debate has often pitted environmentalists against economists. The strife is unnecessary, because economic growth and environmental preservation are compatible.
Who Worries About the Future of Chickens as a Species? Environmental Education from an Economics Perspective
Donald R. Wentworth, Mark C. Schug and John S. Morton
Are actions that deplete resources or species rewarded, while actions that preserve them are not? If the answer is yes, those resources or species may be in the danger zone.
The Economics of Saving Endangered Species: A Teaching Activity
Mark C. Schug and Jane S. Shaw
Whether the threatened species are salmon in the Northwest American waters or elephants that roam near African villages, incentives to preserve them are necessary.
Water, Water Everywhere, But Can We Drink It? Solving the Blue Planet's Water Problems of Overuse and Abuse
Terry Anderson and Donald R. Wentworth
Water is one of the world's most wasted resources. The solution to the problem could be a market system that makes those who can afford the true cost pay it.
Overpopulation: Where Malthus Went Wrong
John Morton, Jane S. Shaw and Richard L. Stroup
In a developing country, having a large family can make economic sense. The good news for those worried about world population growth is that families become smaller for economic reasons as
nations become more prosperous.
Teaching Ideas
Using the Stock Market Game in the Social Studies Classroom
Allen C. Cox
Learning in the old-fashioned way, it was hard to understand interest rates from all those graphs and textbooks. Students who play the Stock Market Game get the idea quickly.
Book Reviews
Art From the Ashes: A Holocaust Anthology edited by Lawrence L. Langer
Samuel Totten
Does the impact of Holocaust reality exceed the force of any imaginative work that might seek to capture it? This anthology of art from the ashes is a good place to begin examining the question.
Hollywood and the Rebel Image in the 1950s
Ron Briley
Questioning the American Dream is the apparent subject of The Wild One and Rebel Without A Cause; but were Hollywood's answers any more than skin deep?
Point of View
Education is About Producing, Not Consuming
Michael Hartoonian
It may sound chic to treat students as "consumers" of educational knowledge, but if they aren't expected to produce, they're not getting an education.
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National Council for the Social Studies
