Activities for Teaching Russian and Soviet Studies in the High School. Updated Edition.

Sonst. Personen	Cole, Robert A. (Hrsg.); Vaillant, Janet G. (Hrsg.)
Institution	Social Science Education Consortium, Inc., Boulder, CO.
Titel	Activities for Teaching Russian and Soviet Studies in the High School. Updated Edition.
Quelle	(1993), (202 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-89994-328-4
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Area Studies; Foreign Countries; Geography; Global Education; High Schools; Instructional Materials; International Cooperation; International Relations; Multicultural Education; Russian Literature; Social Studies; USSR + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Landeskunde; Ausland; Geografie; Globales Lernen; High school; Oberschule; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Internationale Beziehungen; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Gemeinschaftskunde
Abstract	These teacher-developed activities help the student to gain a greater awareness of the richness of Russian history and the Soviet past. New materials have been added from the original version and much has been updated. The volume is not a full curriculum but can be integrated into existing study of the world region. The book is divided into five sections with 21 activities. Section 1, "Geography: The Natural Environment," contains: (1) "Geography of Russian and the Newly Independent States"; and (2) "Nature and People of the Former Soviet Union." Section 2, "Prerevolutionary Russia," offers: (1) "A Newspaper for Tsar Peter's Russia"; and (2) "The Frontier in Russian and American Thought." Section 3, "Literature of the Imperial Period of Russian History," includes: (1) "Turgenev's'Fathers and Sons'"; (2) "Gogol's 'The Nose'"; (3) "Gogol's 'The Overcoat'"; (4) "Chekhov's 'The Peasants'"; and (5) "Tolstoy's 'After the Ball.'" Section 4, "The Soviet Period," contains: (1) "Evaluating Sources"; (2) "Stalin's 'Short Course': Analyzing a Document"; (3) "Let History Judge: An Exploration of the Collectivization of Soviet Agriculture"; (4) "Stalin on Trial: An Instructional Resource Unit in Historical Interpretation and Moral Reasoning"; (5) "Comparing Textbook Accounts of World War II and the Cuban Missile Crisis"; (6) "The Soviet Economy"; (7) "Using Primary Source Materials: Readings from Eisenhower and Gorbachev"; (8) "Planning a Student-Generated Unit on Russia and the Newly Independent States"; (9) "Russian-American Self-Images: A Critical Thinking Unit"; and (10)"On to Mars Together?" Section 5, "Literature of the Soviet Period," includes: (1) "Babel's 'In the Basement'"; and (2) "Solzhenitsyn's 'Matryona's Home.'" (EH)
Anmerkungen	Social Science Education Consortium, 3300 Mitchell Lane, Suite 240, Boulder, CO 80301-2272.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC