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Rice, Patty C. – Instructor, 1979
Discusses the value of open-ended, individualized reading units and presents units on Aesop's fables and fairy tales. (JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Reading Instruction, Resource Units
Peer reviewedCunningham, Pat – Reading Teacher, 1981
Reviews "Happily Ever After," a reading readiness program that is designed to help those children who lack many of the concepts and abilities assumed by most readiness programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Activities, Primary Education, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedHarvey, Karen D. – Clearing House, 1981
Presents a planning strategy which a busy social studies teacher may use to create rich resource units that go beyond the single textbook. (SJL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Curriculum Development, Guidelines, Planning
Download full textLaRue, Robert D., Jr., Ed. – 1988
This volume contains 36 lessons designed to be used in secondary social studies classes to introduce the science/technology/society (STS) themes and issues. While the first 11 lessons focus on general STS themes, the other 25 lessons cover specific STS issues that fall under such categories as population growth, water resources, world hunger, food…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Instructional Materials, Resource Units, Science and Society
Brady, Holly; Arnold, Anne Jurmu – Learning, 1982
This unit on fire safety teaches students how to act in or during a fire and presents fire prevention measures that students can implement at home. Two reproducible masters concerning fire safety and prevention are presented along with class activities, student reading resources, and organizations and companies that offer classroom materials about…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Fire Protection, Instructional Materials
King, John; Jackson, Landis – 1989
Law 20, in the Alberta (Canada) educational system, is an introductory course with three core modules: (1) "Nature of Law and Civil Law System," (2) "Contract Law," and (3) "Family Law." Law 30 consists of (1) "Basic Rights and Responsibilities," (2) "Labour Law," and (3) "Property Law."…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Law Related Education
Schwartz, Richard H. – Information Exchange Network Clearinghouse Memo, 1980
Ways in which mathematics and global education can be combined are described. Following a discussion of the need for having a citizenry capable of analyzing global issues, methods of infusing global education into the mathematics curriculum and math into the social studies curriculum are offered. Half of the document consists of eight sample…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Sets, Resource Units
Corley, Rhonda M.; And Others – 1985
An addendum to the larger publication entitled "The Kangaroo Book," this document describes a unit approach to planning kindergarten curriculum and offers three sammple units. Exploration of the unit approach includes discussions of topic, concepts, large and small group experiences; descriptions of learning center activities; techniques for…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Basic Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Curriculum Div. – 1982
This resource unit provides activities and resources for career awareness at the elementary school level. Student pages which can be used as a basis for activities are included for both primary and intermediate levels. The student pages are related to the following job areas in which growth has been predicted: (1) manufacturing; (2) foods; (3)…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Class Activities, Demand Occupations
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1985
One of the main products of the Regional Workshop for the Development of Packages of Adequate Learning Requirements in Population is this prototype package of curriculum materials in population education. The workshop notes that one of the shortcomings of country programs in population education is that the content integrated in school subjects is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Resources, Instructional Materials, Population Education
Peer reviewedCummings, Martha G. – College English, 1982
Describes a method by which English teachers can exchange teaching ideas for writing instruction. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College English, Educational Resources, Higher Education
Ediger, Marlow – 1993
Three valuable approaches to utilize in improving the social studies curriculum may be to develop resource units, teaching units, and lesson plans. Resource units contain a collection of more objectives, learning activities, evaluation techniques, and bibliographical entries than can possibly be used by a given teacher for a particular classroom…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC. – 1989
Primary sources can be very important in the teaching of history, as they expose students to historical concepts in ways that books and articles cannot. Primary sources, such as historical documents, capture the interest of students and personalize and humanize history for the student. Use of such sources also helps the students develop important…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Historiography, History Instruction, Primary Sources
Bertot, Donna L. – 1987
This high school unit of study on India's Mahatma Gandhi is designed to be used in courses of contemporary problems, government, and 20th century history. The unit contains a listing of the course objectives, needed resource materials, teaching strategies, and evaluation procedures. The course is taught over a 9-day period, and brief lesson plans…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, High Schools, Learning Modules, Modern History
Pearson, Janice V., Ed. – 1988
This volume contains 35 lessons designed to be used in secondary science classes to introduce the science/technology/society (STS) themes and issues. While the first 11 lessons focus on general STS themes, the other 24 lessons cover specific STS issues that fall under such categories as population growth, water resources, world hunger, food…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Instructional Materials, Resource Units, Science Activities
