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This essay on cultural change is intended to provide background reading material for teachers using "The Changing World Today" or "Cultural Change in Mexico and the United States," two textbooks from the Anthropology Curriculum Project. The essay can also be used, however, as a high school semester course in anthropology or as resource material for teacher and pupil use to supplement a social studies course. Part 1 consists of a theoretical explanation of the processes of cultural change, emphasizing the dynamic or changing aspects of culture. Part 2 includes case studies on cultural change selected to illustrate in more detail the change processes described in Part 1. The case studies are organized in three major categories: cultural breakdown, modernization, and planned change. An analytic table of contents provides an overview to the entire study and permits the user to see the progressive development as well as the interrelationships of the theme of cultural change. (Author/RM)

This student text and accompanying pupil study guide for intermediate grades examine cultural change in Japan, Kenya, and India. The unit objective is to help students examine processes of change occurring in the world today by systematically presenting cultural change concepts and illustrations in case study settings. The books provide students with intensive practice in the concepts developed in the unit. In addition to readings, open-ended questions, and suggested activities, the books contain exercises in which students match key words with definitions, write definitions, match examples or an illustration with a keyword, and answer thought questions. Both the student text and study guide consist of the following units: (1) Culture, (2) Cultural Change, (3) Industrialization and Urbanization in Japan, (4) Nationalism and Modernization in Kenya, and (5) Planned Agricultural Change in India. A glossary is included in the text, and exercise answers and multiple-choice chapter tests are provided in the study guide. (Author/RM)