Illustrates how a five-phase theory based on a new scholarship in women's history can evaluate curricular change about women present in high school history texts. Also suggests what textbook authors might include and an evaluation of 12 recent texts. Concludes that texts must eliminate stereotypic thinking about women. (TRS)

This publication is designed to assist elementary and secondary schools in strengthening instruction by identifying and eliminating sexual stereotyping in educational materials. The model illustrates some of the ways in which curriculum and instructional materials may be developing sex stereotyping, offers suggestions for avoiding or correcting…

This guide was written primarily for teachers to use with their classes from grades kindergarten through twelve. The stated objectives are to help students understand people of various cultures, backgrounds and value systems. The first section of the guide is designed for the purpose of providing specific directions for teachers in establishing…

The contents of this resource unit, which aims to present the Puerto Rican on the continent as he really is--his background, his attributes, his problems, his goals--so we may better understand and respect him, are organized in five chapters, as follows. Chapter 1, "Background of the Puerto Rican," discusses the geography of Puerto Rico, the…

This book sets prejudice reduction at the center of democratic school responses to cultural diversity. It provides information which will help teachers achieve a greater awareness of their own values and extend their professional objectives to eliminating prejudice. The book begins by discussing the tenacity and complexity of racial and other…

The Materials Acquisition Project (MAP) was founded in 1970 under E.S.E.A. Title VII to collect educational materials published in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries for assistance and use in bilingual education programs in the U.S. MAP believes in parity in all aspects of bilingual-bicultural education and offers guidelines for such an…

Guidelines concerning the development, supervision, and implementation of seventh and eighth grade mathematics curricula are presented in this document. Section one gives a brief overview of the grades K through six curriculum, providing terminal objectives for grade six. Section two describes traditional tasks in the curriculum for grades seven…

Exercises and activities for incorporating career education into the secondary school curriculum (10-12) are contained in this teacher's manual. Activities are developed for language arts (112), mathematics (32), science (21), social studies (49), related arts/fine arts (61), and guidance (41). An index of titles is included for each subject area.…

The teaching guide is designed to aid high school history and social studies teachers as they develop and implement programs on the Holocaust. The document is presented in four chapters. Chapter I explains that Holocaust refers to the persecution and genocide of Jews and political opponents of the Nazi regime in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.…

Exercises and activities for incorporating career education into the elementary school curriculum (K-6) are contained in this teacher's manual. Activities are developed for the primary, primary/intermediate, and intermediate levels for language arts (83 activities), mathematics (53), science (32), social studies (91), related arts/fine arts (68),…

Exercises and activities for incorporating career education into the junior high school curriculum (7-9) are contained in this teacher's manual. Activities are developed for language arts (78), mathematics (28) science (22), social studies (42), related arts/fine arts (56), and guidance (19). Teaching activities are written in a format which…

This is a revision and update of an earlier curriculum guide designed to meet the needs of educators in implementing education for peace and justice (EPJ) in both public and religious school systems. The guide is divided into four parts, with an introductory essay presenting the goals for an EPJ program. Goals of the program include: developing…