THIS DOCUMENT IS A SECOND-YEAR PROJECT REPORT OF A 5-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO DEVELOP AN ANTHROPOLOGY CURRICULUM FOR GRADES 1 THROUGH 7. THE MATERIAL IS IN A SELF-CONTAINED UNIT PACKAGE FOR EACH GRADE, REQUIRES 4 TO 5 WEEKS PER UNIT, AND IS DESIGNED TO FIT INTO A SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE WITHOUT DISRUPTION OF NORMAL SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. EACH UNIT…

Second and third grades studied in an experimental group obtained higher grades than a similar control group on a problem-solving posttest. (Editor)

Experimental programs in Covinia Valley School District have successfully incorporated career education into the secondary social studies program through refocussing a number of classroom units along the principels of awareness, planning, preparation, and decision making. (Author/KM)

Describes a human relations oriented curriculum, encompassing and transcending traditional subject matter divisions; an experimental summer program in California is discussed. (SP)

Describes the "St. Louis Adventure" project developed by eighth grade social studies classes in a suburban St. Louis junior high school. Students carefully planned and carried out a one-day visit to one of four St. Louis neighborhoods selected for their cultural and historical interest by teachers. (JG)

AS ONE PART OF THE 3-YEAR PROGRAM OF PROJECT TALENT, A COUNSELING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED IN THE SAN JUAN, CALIFORNIA, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED (THE TOP 2 PERCENT ON ACHIEVEMENT AND ABILITY TESTS) IN GRADES 7, 8, AND 9 WERE PLACED IN THIS EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM. BOTH COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE OBJECTIVES WERE SET…

This paper evaluates an experimental humanities program combining English and Social Studies materials in which students discussed topics of social concern. Grade distributions, teacher complaints, planned improvements, and responses to a student questionnaire are examined. A copy of the questionnaire is included. (DLG)

Examines the Indiana University Global Studies Project, an experimental alternative to world geography or world studies textbooks for junior high schools. The approach taken in the Global Studies materials is: global, topical, contemporary/futuristic, and activity-oriented. Some sample lessons are included. (Author/JK)

This paper describes an experimental teacher education program organized in terms of the "social process model," a theory of educational interaction that stresses: 1) the ecology of social environments; 2) the rules and roles involved in given social episodes; and 3) the status of social episodes as interpersonal games. Classrooms are…

This progress report of a 2-year project (ending April 30, 1968) offers a random sampling of course schedule configurations and specific course performance criteria submitted to the Stanford project staff for evaluation and comment, and a brief statement of the project's data collection and data evaluation objectives. The project seeks to…

The inappropriateness of standard experimental research design, which can stifle innovations, is discussed in connection with the problems of designing practical techniques for evaluating a Title III curriculum development project. The project, involving 12 school districts and 2,500 students, teaches concept understanding, critical thinking, and…

This Scrapbook is a description of how eight 12th grade students, with help from the professional staff of the Social Science Education Consortium, planned and put on a community environmental fair in Boulder, Colorado. The Boulder Experiments Fair grew out of an environmental education project conducted by SSEC and funded by the Office of…

This resource guide includes bibliographies for the social studies teacher organized around such topics as: definition of the new social studies, instructional objectives, teaching strategies, evaluation; and materials for reference and use in elementary, secondary, and sequential programs. Also provided are directories of projects, information…

This experimental unit on death employs a cross-cultural comparison of death and burial customs to increase student understanding of the values and reasons behind events surrounding the end of the life cycle. Nine activities are presented in which students collect, label, analyze, and generalize about the relationship of death customs to the…

FIVE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN NEW YORK STATE REPORT THEIR PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING NEW APPROACHES TO THE EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS, WITHOUT REGARD TO EXISTING REQUIREMENTS OR REGULATIONS. THE REPORTS ARE CONCERNED MAINLY WITH THE PREPARATION OF SECONDARY TEACHERS OF ENGLISH, BUT EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS OF HISTORY,…