This curriculum guide for developing musical behaviors in grades K-6 offers a model for moving the young child from basic knowledge attainments to higher levels of musical behavior. A procedure for developing and implementing course objectives is outlined. Concepts/skills to be acquired at given levels are provided to assist teachers and…

This handbook is based upon a new social studies curriculum designed to give students guided experience in the responsible use of personal freedom. The new approach seeks to provide actual experience in the making of choices and judgements in order to improve man's relationship to his social and physical environment. Thus, the new social studies…

This curriculum guide contains three basic sections: (1) a set of objectives for delivery skills, communicating ideas, and creative dramatics; (2) an activity card file for each of the three skill areas; (3) and an evaluation section including sample critiques and techniques for evaluation. Included in the objectives and activities sections are…

THE CHILD WITH NO SPEECH HANDICAPS NEEDS TRAINING IF HE IS TO DEVELOP A SPEECH PATTERN WHICH IS AN ASSET RATHER THAN A LIABILITY. THE REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHING MUST BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN CORRECT SPEAKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. THE CURRICULUM SHOULD PROVIDE FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE BASIC ATTITUDES AND…

This course content guide identifies the objectives that form the basis for social studies in grades four through eight in Arkansas schools. Classroom teachers, curriculum specialists, administrators, professors, and the Department of Education personnel participated in the guide's development. The information for each grade is presented into…

THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF TEACHING HANDWRITING IS TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH A MEANS OF EXPRESSING THEIR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS. THROUGH THE USE OF APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES, STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO WRITE EASILY AND LEGIBLY. THIS GUIDE HAS BEEN PREPARED TO AID IN DEVELOPING A SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM TO HELP…

The program of map and globe study skills for elementary social studies contains two parts: primary level for grades 1-2 and intermediate level for grades 3-6. Concepts of the units include maps as geographical representations; maps as symbols; directions; astronomical maps; city and world maps; and scales and measurement, among others. Each…

A GUIDE TO HELP PLAN WORTHWILE EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN WHICH WILL PROMOTE VERBAL EXPRESSION AND ENCOURAGE THE USE OF LANGUAGE ARTS AND SKILLS IS PRESENTED. JUAN BOBO IS A CHARACTER FROM PUERTO RICAN FOLKLORE. HE IS A POPULAR FIGURE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TESTS USED IN PUERTO RICO, AND HE HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK…

Curriculum materials from the Lincoln Career Education Project, Nebraska, are presented for career education learning activities at the elementary level. The guide contains complete materials for 12 learning center units infusing career education as well as personal/social growth and cultural awareness in some. Units are organized under the…

This guide is organized into a suggested list of art skills that all Idaho students should know and be able to do at each grade level from kindergarten through sixth grade. The guide will help provide parents, teachers, and students with knowledge of what is being taught in a logical scope and sequence by grade level. Its purpose is to help build…

This guide is organized around a list of music skills that all Idaho students should know and be able to do at each grade level from kindergarten through sixth grade. The guide provides parents, teachers, and students with knowledge of what is being taught in a logical scope and sequence by grade level. Its purpose is to help build a basis for…

This publication defines and outlines the state of Oregon's common curriculum goals for art education, an area of study that addresses the components of art production, art heritage, aesthetics, and art criticism. An overall goal for each one of these four strands is established, and content specific knowledge and skills that students should…

The goal of this K-8 social studies curriculum guide is to ensure instructional consistency at each grade level and sequential growth in content and process skills. Within the K-6 grade levels, the curriculum objectives are itemized under the discipline areas of geography, history, cultures/ethnicity, citizenship/government, economics, and…

This manual outlines course performance standards based upon intended outcomes in courses which are part of the state-adopted curriculum frameworks, grades six through eight. The Florida standards are for selected courses in language arts including English and reading. Ten to 11 performance standards for language arts are listed for each of the 18…

This practicum was designed to improve creative problem-solving skills in children through the use of career concepts. Although the full program was developed for youngsters in grade three through six, this project exposed fifth and sixth graders at the Northside School, Levittown, New York to the Career Awareness Program for a period of weeks.…