Explains how teachers may go about planning interdisciplinary units that center on issues concerning the environment. Discusses how to organize units, where to find sources and ideas, and how to negotiate the interdisciplinary terrain. (TB)

The bases for the development of this resource book were notes and a course outline used in teaching Alaska History at the junior high school level. It can be used as a checklist, a guide to organizing lesson plans, selecting classroom and testing materials, and as a source of concepts and information for any grade level. Most of the material is…

A one-year general education course entitled "Man and Environment" has been developed at Miami-Dade Junior College, Florida. Basic framework for the course was built on the premise that an interdisciplinary, module-structured course represents one of the better approaches to planning environmental education curriculum. Material for the…

Anthropology and Sociology are the core disciplines in a unit using cumulative concept teaching approach. (SE)

A multi-disciplinary approach to the teaching of a unit on World War II is described. With the textbook serving as a resource, research books, films, literature books, and resource persons are used to help bring life to history. The unit emphasizes the following: (1) the four language processes of listening, reading, speaking, and writing; (2)…

This unit, designed for upper elementary school students, examines the role of the individual in society in determining the status of the environment. Viewing the earth as an ecosystem, it looks at past and present human events that have influenced the quality of the environment and attempts to provide students with an awareness of the knowledge…

This series of four environmental education units is designed for use at the high school level. The first unit, an advanced science and independent study, includes such topics as student requirements, advisor responsibilities, evaluation forms, research report format, a guide to Syracuse University libraries, and research ideas. The second unit,…

This unit, designed for senior high school students, focuses on air pollution by examining its effect on man, plants and animals, the causes of air pollution, and possible solutions to the air pollution problems. It approaches each of these topics through both natural science and social science perspectives. The unit is divided into seven separate…

This kindergarten music curriculum provides a year-long program of a sequenced series of activities designed to develop music concepts. Topics of the units in this guide are: self-concept (beginning of the year), fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter, a circus, Valentine's Day, spring, and farms. A scope and sequence chart of concepts…

This document is the sixth of seven accompanying volumes included in the Rachel Carson Project. The project attempts to introduce environmental education lessons and units into existing courses of study within a high school curriculum rather than to implement environmental education through the introduction of new courses. This volume includes…

This unit, intended for primary grades K-3, covers various aspects of communication through the use of environmental resources at the school site and in the surrounding community. Among the concepts discussed are the definition of communication, ways animals and humans communicate and receive communication, the development of communication, the…

These two environmental education units were designed for use at the sixth-grade level. The first unit focuses on science and is a five-week study which emphasizes ecology along a creek. The unit is designed around the idea that a creek and its surrounding area serve as a suitable focus for environmental study because they illustrate many…

This document is the last of seven volumes included in the Rachel Carson Project. The project attempts to introduce environmental education lessons and units into existing courses of study within a high school curriculum rather than to implement environmental education through the introduction of new courses. Included in this volume is a report…

A study unit for social studies or language arts credit in secondary grades is developed for a problem centered in-depth analysis of contemporary America. An interdisciplinary approach focusing on an analysis of art, literature, music, and philosophy is suggested to help the student assess personal values and beliefs concerning contemporary…