Teaching about Nuclear Disarmament

Download or read book Teaching about Nuclear Disarmament written by James M. Becker and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background information to help educators teach about nuclear disarmament is presented. There are six sections. The first section, "Nuclear Arms Education: Avoiding the Final Catastrophe," discusses the national priority of preparing for war, militarism as a value, and the mushroom cloud and spaceship earth as symbols of a global age. The second section, "Nuclear Arms Education and International Understanding," examines peace movement issues, earlier peace education efforts, the American peace movement in the post-World War II era, and increasing support for international studies. Section III, "Nuclear Arms Control: The Issue of the Eighties," deals with peace studies in higher education and the major foundations that support nuclear arms studies. "Teaching about Peace, Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Understanding" is the focus of the fourth section. The role schools should play in nuclear arms education and deciding what to teach are discussed. The fifth section describes human resources, classroom materials, and teacher guides. The concluding section contains an annotated bibliography. (RM)