Since the 2008/2009 school year, every primary school in Slovenia has had to prepare its own "school moral education plan" and undertake its moral education activities on the basis of this plan. Although the basic content areas of the moral education plan are prescribed by law, the openness of the legal provisions allows schools to…

For educators, the content of the curriculum really is like oxygen: it is the necessary precondition for improving schools, closing the achievement gap, engaging parents, and preparing teachers. However, when educators take the content of the curriculum for granted, they lose opportunities to coordinate and collaborate. Good curriculum instruction…

A sample outline of topics and student activities that a teacher may follow in presenting a unit on forestry. (Author)

In an effort to counteract the violent and negative conflict resolution messages children receive from the mass media, schools throughout the United States are now teaching healthy problem-solving skills on a personal level. This book presents an outlined approach to the implementation of a conflict resolution experiential group, designed to be…

This curriculum guide for elementary school student development was created in response to needs expressed by business and other organizations throughout the Southwest Florida School-to-Careers Consortium. The guide encompasses four curriculum categories: academic achievement, career development, personal and social development, and community…

This publication is a collection of energy education activities for grades 1-6. The activities were written or selected to be used with daily lesson plans and the existing school curriculum. Activities are classified by: (1) content area (fine arts, mathematics, physical education, reading and language arts, science, and social studies; and (2)…

This textbook is designed for a course in keyboarding for elementary students. It contains day-by-day lessons for the Phase I (the keyboard, basic function keys, technique and confidence) section of the course, which lasts for six weeks. Technique, drills, reviews, and practice activities are included. The keyboard is illustrated with line…

Designed to increase the students awareness that career and consumer education goals relate to the rules of worthwhile play and learning situations, this teacher's guide provides dialogue and activities based on existing concepts and content within the basal reader. The guide begins with lists of career education goal statements and consumer…

Aimed at elementary school teachers interested in promoting their students' enjoyment of and skill in writing, this guide offers a number of ideas for writing activities. The guide focuses on the creative use of language and suggests ways in which students can be stimulated to write poems and stories, create metaphors, write descriptions of people…

Describes an effort to identify topics that should and should not be emphasized in a workshop for elementary and junior high school teachers. Questionnaires, administered to teachers (N=135) before and after workshops, focused on topic familiarity and teaching experiences with topics before and after workshop. (JN)

An elementary school foreign language program and the French curriculum are described. French and Spanish are among the electives offered as part of a New Jersey magnet school for gifted children from preschool through grade 5. Participation in the daily half-hour instruction is entirely optional and has been growing in popularity during the 5…

Elementary textbooks containing references to technology and the Industrial society form the base for this curriculum guide, which is designed to assist teachers in a more effective method of using these references for the benefit of students. A brief course outline and suggested projects involving power, transportation, communications,…

Reports on a study of memorable elementary school, social studies activities experienced by college students. Finds that the responses reflected the influence of the expanding communities curriculum when viewed across grade levels. Argues that experiential and higher order thinking activities were remembered most favorably. (CFR)

The goals for this social studies curriculum are the development of essential concepts, skills, and content that have been identified for the social studies program. The curriculum was designed to meet student needs and interests, to reflect increasing knowledge about child development and learning, and to give attention to the learning…

The main emphasis of the career education world of work curriculum guide (K-1), developed by the Weatherford Elementary Schools, is to inform and orient kindergarten and first grade students to the concept of work rather than prepare them for a specific career. This is achieved through the development of 22 career education concepts that are to be…