World Geography and the 10th Grade Curriculum

Paper Summary:

This research proposal introduces the paper and provides an overview of what can be expected from including world geography into the subject resource guide. This paper assumes that world geography is not currently included. The study is to determine the importance and desirability, if they exist, of including world geography in the 10th grade secondary social studies curriculum.

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The World According to Barber
In the Realm of Hyperbole
Cheerleaders and Naysayers: Right and Left?
The World According to Friedman
The World According to Gray
In The Realm of Pure Polemics
A Global Climatic Division?
Centers and Peripheries
The Byways of Global Ignorance
A Manifesto for Global Geography

From the Paper:

"Today, in the process of focusing on teaching to standards and preparing for achievement tests, teachers may easily lose sight of the glaring global problems that need to be addressed in social studies classes Typically, teachers present such issues in contexts that are closest to the student (e.g., school, community). Research has shown though, that studying world geography provides students with the analytical skills they will need to understand a problem from an international perspective. World geography can also help students understand the concept of an economic region."

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