The 7-9 grade curriculum guide, one of a series of Quinmester courses arranged in a similar format, focuses on the roots and results of manifest destiny which are observable in the national character of American life and in our foreign policy conduct. Differing viewpoints of the American Indian and Europeans as well as the traditional views of the…

Unit four of this curriculum plan for ninth grade social studies outlines a study of the automobile industry in the United States. Objectives state the desired generalizations, skills, and attitudes to be developed. A condensed outline of course content precedes expanded guidelines for teaching procedures and suggested resource materials. A…

The social studies resource unit, the first of four in this course, outlines content dealing with the concept of community, helping third grade children to identify basic properties of any community. Specific objectives are described in the areas of culture, social organization, social processes, location, and cultural uses of environmental…

This unit is designed as an overview of the year's course on economics and socio-economic problems. Pupils learn something about economics as a social science and the role of economists in helping people solve economic problems. They examine steps in problem solving and learn to distinguish between questions asking for explanation and prediction…

The bulletin gives Texas school personnel detailed suggestions for developing career exploration and investigation in middle schools. Prepared by a developmental committee composed of representatives of local school districts, regional education service centers, and career education research projects, it was designed to assist classroom teachers…

This resource unit, intended for use in Grade Nine, is developed to explore the problem of poverty in the United States. The objectives state generalizations, skills, and attitudes which are to be attained by the student. A detailed course outline sets forth guidelines for learning activities and suggests appropriate teaching procedures. A…

Providing a basic framework for a one year American history course for secondary students, this curriculum guide offers help for teachers in planning, organizing, and teaching social studies. Designed to cover the whole panorama of history (1450 through 1969) in sequence, the course aims to help students understand early events and how they are…

This curriculum guide for sixth graders focuses upon "Who is Man?", "Who am I?" and "Man Needs Man" in an interdisciplinary sequence that combines scientific and social studies ideas and theories. It is hoped that this approach will help the pupil shape positive change within himself and his society. Emphasis is upon pupils gaining both conceptual…

The quinmester course of study for 10th through 12th grade students examines the means and ends of archaeology so it may be better understood and shows how archaeology is used to provide a key to understanding of cultures in the past, enrich the present, and offer a frame of reference for the future. Major archaeological concepts are stressed and…

Providing a broad framework of goals, content, teaching strategies, class activities, and resources, this quinmester curriculum guide for students in grades 10 through 12 emphasizes economic, social, and political development in the United States since 1865. The content focuses on industrialization, minority groups, reform movements, foreign…

The social studies curriculum guide for kindergarteners is based upon the idea that thinking is sequentially learned and developed. The aim of the program is to help children develop the tools of reasoning. Emphasis is on the introduction of cognitive tasks involving concept formation and requiring students to list, group, identify, and label…

The materials in this resource unit for Grade Nine focus on farm problems as a case study for supply and demand analysis. The unit emphasizes a problem-solving approach. Students define the farm problems, set up and test hypotheses about causes of the problems, and investigate courses of action. An outline of the content of the unit precedes…

Fifth grade students compare and evaluate their attitudes, values, and concepts regarding the interrelatedness of man, his social, cultural, and bio physical environment, and examine decisions, plans, and actions affecting environmental quality. The purpose of this interdisciplinary curriculum guide is to combine text material with the wealth of…

This resource unit for use in Grade Nine is designed to develop specific generalizations about the American market economy. The core of activities centers around a series of economic simulation games. The concepts and generalizations which are introduced in this unit are expanded upon and developed more thoroughly in later units in this curriculum…

"Man and Revolution," the second syllabus in a sequential program, provides 11th grade students with a humanities course that deals heavily in political theory. The rationale, objectives, guidelines, methods, and arrangement are the same as those described in SO 004 030. The introductory unit, followed by further units, helps students define and…