Educators have become increasingly aware of the complexity of most environmental problems. This realization has resulted in a recognition that scientific and technological solutions in themselves may be a major means for dealing with our environmental problems; but underlying nearly all environmental problems and solutions are human attitudes and…

The module is the fourth of a series of seven discrete modules designed to assist elementary school teachers in the development of a career education program or to enrich an already established program. Module 4 may be used separately or in conjunction with the other modules. The module contains four units which cover the topics of the purposes…

This multidisciplinary multi-period community-based environmental curriculum blends the academic traditions of the humanities and the sciences, namely: social sciences, language art skills, and the physical and life sciences. The centralizing theme of the program is directed toward defining environmentally related problems utilizing the community…

This document is the presenter's guide to SO 008 871. The document is the result of three and one-half years of effort to improve social studies in the secondary schools in Iowa. Perspectives, part one of the two-part series, presents information and background to aid in the reform, innovation, and evaluation of social studies programs. This…

The publication represents the result of the Consumer Education Task Force's attempt to develop competencies applicable to a K-12 continuum. It has been designed to provide school district personnel with relevant data to support a comprehensive curriculum development effort; or to support a variety of alternative approaches at various grade…

This overview was designed to illustrate how elementary education is a total program based on the natural growth and development of children. Ten humanistic goals are identified as of fundamental importance for a fully educated person, and the responsibilities of the school in achieving these goals are discussed. Three educational objectives are…

In 1973, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education John C. Pittenger declared legal education a curriculum priority of the Department of Education. A major component of this curriculum development was the formation of the goals of legal education. The goals were formulated in terms of student competencies. This publication lists these competencies,…

Designed to offer a developing American Indian Studies program basic lecture topics and source materials, this guide presents a model for both a quarter and year's course (three quarters) in contemporary Indian issues suitable for study at the college level. Major themes for the quarter course are identified as: (1) how the institutional structure…

Designed for the participants in the Project SEARCH curriculum development project, this discussion guide describes the process of valuing through a group experience activity. The guide is designed to be used by people who might not know one another previously. As a group, participants view the process of valuing abstractly and also act out how…

Designed to help teachers develop science fiction materials, this guide provides references to useful books, examples of various teaching techniques, motivation techniques, evaluation methods, and a rationale for the importance of science fiction in the secondary curriculum. Using science fiction themes along with special techniques, a teacher can…

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…

Designed for use in curriculum development, this value orientation packet addresses the cultural value orientations of American Indians (specifically, the Lakota on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota) and those of mainstream society in an effort to help individuals understand that values differ from culture to culture. Specifically, this…

Thirty-three supplementary teaching activities are provided to complement existing curricula related to food. Content covers food production and distribution, nutrition, food shortages, food habits, meal planning, and other topics appropriate for secondary and adult programs. Although the objectives are varied for each lesson, taken as a whole…

This pamphlet is composed of two sections. The first is an address by S. David Freeman delivered to the Boston Conference of the Interstate Energy Conservation Leadership Project (IECL). Freeman claims that the energy crisis can be the most effective teaching aid of the decade, and that the energy crisis reflects a set of problems that require…

This monograph provides both a guide for individual teachers on how to infuse career education into their own lessons, and technical assistance to program developers in methods for teaching others how to incorporate career education activities into the existing curriculum. The body of the guide is divided into five major parts. Part 1 is designed…