A resource unit for a broad study of our vast transportation industry. (Editor)

CURRICULUM BUILDING IN A GOOD MODERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS CONCERNED EQUALLY WITH THE CONTENT AND PROCESS THROUGH WHICH BOYS AND GIRLS WILL BE GUIDED TOWARD MATURITY. IN DESIGNING A CURRICULUM, THE TEACHER IS CONCERNED NOT ONLY WITH THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF A PARTICULAR SITUATION, BUT ALSO WITH THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF EDUCATION WHICH ARE TO BUILD THE…

This volume contains a series of papers which develop multidisciplinary environmental education activities in seven subject matter areas: political science, health education, language or communication arts, art, science, mathematics, and social studies. Different formats are used for organizing the materials in each of the different subject areas.…

THIS PUBLICATION WAS DEVELOPED AS A RESOURCE UNIT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO USE IN A FIRST-GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM. THE UNIT WAS DEVELOPED AND TESTED AT A SEMINAR HELD IN OCTOBER 1965, AT KENT, OHIO. THE CONTENTS INCLUDE OBJECTIVES, ESSENTIAL GENERALIZATIONS, LEARNING ACTIVITIES, UNIT CONTENT (WHICH PROVIDES THE TEACHER WITH A LIST…

The purpose of the symposium was to describe the cooperative efforts of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the Santa Clara Unified School District, and several other California school districts in the development and implementation of a career education curriculum. "Career Education Implementation in the Santa Clara Unified School…

The resource bibliography contains a listing and description of all teaching units, tests, and questionnaires for grades 1-6 materials for inservice training; and all other resources developed by the exemplary staff thus far in the process of implementing the Career Education Project in Lincoln County, West Virginia. Each item listed is followed…

This book seeks to place the Negro in appropriate places in the American history curriculum, unit by unit of study. Its main categories are those of typical American history courses bought in secondary schools, and not those of "Negro history"; its purpose is to offer a framework for the full-scale integration of Negro contributions into the…

Six teaching units which were developed by the 24 institute participants are given. "Wood Identification and Chemistry" covers the physical properties and structural features of hardwoods and softwoods. "Seasoning" explains air drying, kiln drying, and seven special lumber seasoning processes. "Research on Laminates"…

Prepared during the first year of a 3-year pilot program, this working draft of a resource guide represents efforts to develop and field test resource units for career education, Grades 1-6. The units, which include objectives and learning activities, are clustered as follows: (1) Distribution and Marketing, (2) Agriculture-Natural Resources, (3)…

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 handbook is intended to aid industrial educators in developing material processing activities for their programs; it is especially designed to aid educators in implementing "The Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum Improvement in Industrial Education, K-12." The guide provides suggested outlines and models that could be used to…

The report describes a teacher education institute designed and conducted by the Public Education Religion Studies Center (PERSC) at Wright State University. The purpose of the institute was to train elementary and secondary teachers to develop competency in religion studies. The Institute was developed to serve multiple purposes. First, the…

Funded by combined Title I Migrant and Title IV Civil Rights Act funds, this guide on six major themes dealing with Puerto Rico was developed primarily for use by teachers in elementary and secondary schools. The guide is designed to provide teachers and students with a better understanding of Puerto Rican and culture. Although the publication was…