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Cohen, Roger, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2009
The chapters in "Explorations in Second Language Reading" reveal the importance of reading in the classroom and how instructors can use reading as a bridge to improve learners' other linguistic and interpersonal skills. Most significantly, each author prompts us to rediscover how enjoyable ESOL reading can be and how it can increase learner…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Activity Units, Reading Materials, Reading Ability
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McNab, Warren L. – Journal of School Health, 1985
This article describes a program entitled "Staying Alive" to help teachers prevent molestation of elementary school children. Child molestation is defined, methods of coercion are described, and survival tips and relevant learning activities are suggested. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Child Abuse, Elementary Education, Prevention
Reynolds, George P. – Hands On, 1993
Outlines strategies for implementing storytelling in the classroom over a two-week period, beginning with shared story telling of existing folktales and progressing to student creation and telling of narratives based on the folktale model. Consists of an introductory phase, a laboratory phase, and a performance phase. (LP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Educational Objectives, Folk Culture, Learning Activities
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Walter, Frank W. – Science and Children, 1982
Described is a unit on rockets which begins with watching a film and ends with teams of students launching their own rockets. Activities teach students metric measuring, data collecting and graphing, report writing, and calculating, as well as group skills and model building skills. (DC)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Aerospace Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Moses, Barbara – Arithmetic Teacher, 1990
Describes a unit in which students design a space station. Provided are a timetable for the unit, requirements for space-station manufacturing, and an outline of the unit. Lists nine references. (YP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Constructions
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Chapel, David – Social Studies Review, 1993
Recommends the use of cemeteries as the focus of student research in secondary social studies. Presents methods for initiating such a project and guidance for appropriate student behavior. Includes a list of suggested activities for cemetery studies. (CFR)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Community Study, Educational Resources, Experiential Learning
Byrne, Michael; Johnstone, Alex – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1983
Argues that critical attitudes, which include cognitive and affective dimensions, are best developed by use of interactive learning materials. Four exercises developed for science students on tertiary level courses to promote critical attitudes are described, and their evaluation techniques outlined. Results of preliminary trials of the exercises…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Critical Thinking, Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Gamble, Linda B. – Teacher, 1978
The author developed a combined arts project with her first-graders in which the fine arts were treated as alternate languages for creative expression. Students first expressed themselves in verbal language by writing poems, then translated their conceptions into music, painting, dance, or pantomime. (SJL)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Expression, Fine Arts
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Brunner, Mark – Science Activities, 1980
Describes five environmental awareness activities which can be integrated into any elementary school classroom situation. Activity oriented experiences are described utilizing field experiences, group work, language experience, role playing and the inquiry method. Activity topics include the meaning of environment, introduction to natural and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Boswell, Boni B.; Mentzer, Marty – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1995
This article describes the Movement Poetry Program, a program designed to increase poetry appreciation and to release, through movement, the excess tension of students with learning and/or behavioral disabilities. The article includes a suggested teaching style, a lesson format, and content for combining poetry and creative movement. (SW)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities
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Butlin, Chris – Physics Education, 1988
Suggests an application basis for a combined science and technology education. Describes the development of ideas and materials for a course in "physics from its applications and use." Gives a sample activity from the course. Evaluates the program in terms of its requirements and directions. (CW)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
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Van Cleaf, David W.; Sesow, F. William – Social Studies, 1993
Describes an instructional activity in which fifth graders identified geographic and economic factors that caused a town to become a ghost town. Discusses instructional procedures and materials used in the activity. Includes extension activities, maps, and suggestions for adapting the activity to other geographic regions. (CFR)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Discovery Learning
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Goetz, William W. – Social Education, 1993
Describes an instructional unit using graphic organizers to teach about federalism in a U.S. government course. Includes models of charts and lists of appropriate student responses. (CFR)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Citizenship Education, Course Content, Curriculum Design