This volume contains three teacher-developed units for eleventh grade mathematics students. It serves as an introduction to logarithms, matrices, and functions. Units include statements of objectives, content discussions, worksheets, and exercises. In the logarithm unit the emphasis is on calculation, while in the matrices and functions units…

PREPARED BY TEACHERS OF THE RETARDED, THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE OUTLINES AN ELEMENTARY ACTIVITY UNIT ON HOME AND COMMUNITY LIVING AND A SECONDARY UNIT ON THE CITRUS INDUSTRY. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE LISTED. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES ON CLASS UNITS, STUDENT PLACEMENT, AND TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS ARE INCLUDED. (MY)

The collection of lesson units for grades 3 and 4 is part of a K-6 career education program. Learning activities relate the subject areas directly to occupations, emphasizing how the skills of the various disciplines are needed in different jobs. Some of the suggested techniques are field trips, guest speakers, and role playing. Included also are…

The collection of lesson units for grades 5 and 6 is part of a K-6 career education program. Learning activities relate the subject areas directly to occupations, emphasizing how the skills of the various disciplines are needed in different jobs. Some of the suggested techniques are field trips, guest speakers, and role playing. Included also are…

This is a collection of units prepared by high school mathematics teachers to be used as a "career curriculum" guide. Each unit contains a statement of objectives, a discussion of the content, activity sheets, and exercises. The volume is organized into clusters so that an individual may choose the parts suited to individual needs. Major topics…

This is a volume of teacher-developed units to supplement the textbook in a first-year algebra course. The units consist mainly of statements of objectives and student worksheets with some examples and references to the textbook given as aids. Major topics covered are basic operations with signed rational numbers and with polynomials,…

This political and economic study unit is designed to provide students with an understanding of how the stock market works; an examination of the corporate form of business organization; principles of investment; analysis of market action and patterns; types of securities; sources of financial information; and the rationale of investment choices.…

This volume contains a series of teacher-developed units to supplement the textbook in a high school geometry course. Each unit contains a statement of objectives, content discussion, worksheets, and activity suggestions. Major topics include logic, proofs, ratio and proportion, similarity, and trigonometry. Practical applications are given in…

This collection of lesson units for kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 is part of a K-6 series. Its purpose is to provide an early introduction to career education. The lessons for kindergarten focus on school and family work roles. Learning experiences for grades 1 and 2 relate math, science, social studies, language arts, health, and art directly…

This course of study was written as a part of a total effort to revise curriculum to fit the quinmester (5, 9-week periods) administrative organization of Dade County Schools. The major intent of this publication is to provide a broad framework of goals and objectives, content, teaching strategies, class activities, and materials all related to…

Intended to help teachers put early childhood theories and information into daily lesson planning, this guide provides a system for organizing lesson objectives, methods, and materials in order to write effective lesson plans. Chapter 1 introduces the guidebook and covers a lesson planning system, developmentally appropriate practice, standards in…

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…

Based on two quilting minicourses conducted by the author with students from grades 7 through 10, this curriculum guide provides interdisciplinary objectives, student activities, and teaching procedures for a unit in which the rudiments of quilting are taught and practiced. Contents include (1) a list of objectives and concepts under headings of…

Secondary level students explore the state of poverty in affluent America in this quinmester social studies course. The objectives are for students to assess personal views and understandings of poverty; to locate the poor through research; to identify the causes and economic, social, and political effects of poverty; to examine changing attitudes…

This curriculum guide for an interdisciplinary pottery unit includes concepts and objectives, student activities, and suggested resources. Introductory material indicates it was designed as a 2-day minicourse for the Mountain School seventh grade at Charles Counts' Pottery Workshop in Georgia but that material is adaptable to a regular school…