A Sustainable Development Curriculum Framework
for World History & Cultures

 

Sustainable Development ...
meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

A practical secondary teacher resource book with sample lessons, reproducible handouts, guide to student action, test questions, resource lists, and more

(sample lesson | review | order form)

 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1Sustainable Development and World History & Cultures
Chapter 2Student Objectives
Chapter 3Model for Infusing Sustainable Development in World History and Cultures Courses
Chapter 4Sample Lessons
  • What's in a Name?
  • Values and Sustainable Development
  • Introduction to Sustainable Development
  • Cultural Assumptions and Sustainable Development
  • Africa and the Industrial Revolution
  • Worldviews of Development
  • The Quality of Life and Sustainable Development
  • Decisions for a "Developing" Nation
Chapter 5An Analytical Framework for Sustainable Development
  • Sample Questions
  • Definitions and Examples
  • Sources
Chapter 6Annotated List of Lessons for Teaching Sustainable Development
  • Sample Placement of Lessons
  • Annotated List of Lessons
  • Sources
  • Index to the Annotated List of Lessons
Chapter 7Courses
  • World History and Sustainable Development
  • World Cultures
  • Global Studies
Chapter 8Resources
  • Audio Visuals for Sustainable Development
  • Bibliography
  • Free Publications
  • Resource Organizations
Chapter 9A Guide to Action for Sustainable Development
  • What Students Can Do
  • Resources for Taking Action
Chapter 10Test Questions
  • Test Questions
  • Test Questions Answer Sheet
  • Answers to Questions
Chapter 11Readings
  • A Teenager Makes a Difference
  • The United Nations and the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development
  • Reflections on Sustainable Development
  • Sustainable Development: Sustainable Concept
  • South Commission: 'We're on our own'
  • Valdez Principles
  • Intergenerational Responsibility
  • Visions of Sustainable Development
Chapter 12Sustainable Development Glossary

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