World concerns and the United Nations : model teaching units for primary, secondary adn teacher education

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New York : United Nations, 1998

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9789211006513

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United Nations

Teaching

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Arkin, Linda

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This updated version of the extremely popular book provides model teaching units for primary, secondary & teacher education that are directly usable in the classroom. In with the aims & activities of the United Nations & its system, the 26 model units in the collection follow a young person's development, progressing through the interests characteristic of each age. The units are particularly sensitive to youth's deep concern for justice, the environment, equal opportunities & full participation in the life of the society. The book also includes reading lists & illustrations.

Foreword	p. v
Introduction	p. viii
Guidelines	p. x
Education and the New World--A Prefatory Section for Teachers	p. xvii
1. Education for Living in a World Community	p. xviii
2. The World We See	p. xxii
I. We, the Peoples - Lower Primary	p. 2
A. Our Home: the Earth	p. 3
B. We Are Alike	p. 6
C. We Are Different	p. 11
D. We Try to Share Fairly	p. 14
E. We Are One	p. 18
II. Developing Our Community - Upper Primary	p. 26
A. We Organize	p. 27
B. Each Member is Important	p. 31
C. We Behave	p. 34
D. We Work Together to Improve Our Community	p. 37
E. Help!	p. 42
III. The Great World Changes - Lower Secondary	p. 46
A. Where Are We Going?	p. 47
B. More and Less	p. 54
C. People: Women and Men	p. 60
D. Independence	p. 66
E. Water, Water Everywhere	p. 74
F. Arteries of International Life	p. 81
G. Serving the World	p. 86
IV. Challenges Ahead--Upper Secondary	p. 92
1. Exploring Together	p. 93
A. Developing the World We Want	p. 96
B. The Way We Live	p. 104
C. People and Work	p. 108
D. Equal Dignity and Worth	p. 114
E. The Peace Process: Reducing Violence	p. 120
F. Towards Community Harmony: What My Country Can Do	p. 126
G. Education for the Future: What I Can Do	p. 132
Appendices	p. 137
A. Resources and Sources	p. 139
B. Preamble to the United Nations Charter	p. 145
C. Universal Declaration of Human Rights	p. 146
D. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 137 (II) of 17 November 1947, entitled: Teaching of the Purposes and Principles, the Structure and Activities of the United Nations in the Schools of Member States	p. 149
E. Chart, and Member States of the UN	p. 150
F. Some UN Commemorative Days, Years and Decades	p. 154
G. Resources for Educational Innovators, with excerpts from the Recommendation concerning Integrated Framework of Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy, adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO, Paris, 1995 and the UNESCO International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century, Report of the Commission	p. 155
H. Contribution of Youth NGOs to the International Commission on Education for the 21st Century. Excerpts	p. 156
Index	p. 159
Principal Editorial Counsellors	p. 162
Comments and Suggestions	p. 164

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