Discusses a study to determine whether using a specially-designed taxonomy-linked curriculum unit on cities teaches the higher level thinking process of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation to academically gifted students more effectively than a curriculum without such specific materials. Concludes that it does. Results are presented. (Author/DB)

This three-part text is a curriculum book for beginners that emphasizes basic ideas and is geared toward the undergraduate student interested in the education of children ages 5-12. Selected alternative practices and programs are presented and anecdotal discussions are incorporated to illustrate concepts and vocabulary. Part 1, "The Educational…

Discusses procedures for selecting literature reflecting the subtopics of a specific theme. (HTH)

An elementary teaching unit on the Hutterites is criticized for its teaching strategies and ethnocentrism. (DE)

Outlines 30 steps for planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating a children's art program in a school, community, university, or other setting. Brief summaries of lessons that illustrate the way art concepts are introduced to children in grades one to three are also provided. (RM)

Three valuable approaches to utilize in improving the social studies curriculum may be to develop resource units, teaching units, and lesson plans. Resource units contain a collection of more objectives, learning activities, evaluation techniques, and bibliographical entries than can possibly be used by a given teacher for a particular classroom…

This guide is part of the Delaware Department of Education's ongoing efforts to provide assistance and support to local school districts in their development of a standards-based curriculum. The guide details the essential skills and knowledge that elementary students must attain at each grade level in English language arts, mathematics, science,…

Intended for use by teachers in preschool through intermediate grade classrooms, library media specialists, and other educators, this book presents 26 literature frameworks that involve students in reading and sharing literature in connection with thematic units. Each framework suggests books and literature-related materials to coincide with…

Community history units can provide a framework for elementary economics instruction. The DePaul Center for Economic Education developed a unit on Chicago's economic history. It includes strategies for collecting and organizing content, locating resource people, and developing materials. (AM)

Eight units of instruction and four projects comprise a curriculum on the brain and information processing for fourth grade students. Units, which frequently involve a guest speaker, focus on intelligence and creativity, the appearance and mechanisms of the brain, the five senses, the art and science of perception, language, reading, a field…

Intended for use by teachers in preschool through intermediate grade classrooms, library media specialists, and other educators, this book presents 26 literature frameworks that involve students in reading and sharing literature in connection with thematic units. Each framework suggests books and literature-related materials to coincide with…

A step-by-step examination is made of organized language instruction in which all language teaching activities relate to a theme chosen from the science, social studies, or math curriculum. The first step is to choose a topic of interest. The second step is to find out what is already known about the topic, decide what extra is needed to be…

This paper, one of a series considering eight disciplines, describes historical developments and current thinking in mathematics concerning what ought to be included in the elementary school mathematics curriculum. The first part of this paper is devoted to a discussion of the previous involvement of mathematicians in curriculum reform projects.…

Offers a unit for sixth graders on consumer education. The unit includes a collection of activity ideas for teaching about money, goods and services, smart shopping practices, and advertising. Includes a brief list of printed and organizational resources. (JDH)