Intended for seniors at all ability levels, the one-semester course outline aims to aid students to analyze the American Indian's role in the history of the United States, and to recognize the contributions they have made in the western hemisphere. The general content outline and suggested activities cover the periods before and after contact with…

Listed and briefly described are resource materials on the mainstreaming of handicapped children, selected for use in the training of professionals, parents, and students. Included are references to 20 instructional materials (filmstrips, slides, and cassettes), 29 films and videotapes, and 30 print resources. Usually provided in the references…

The fourth edition of this curriculum guide will help college, university, and secondary school educators design and update courses, familiarize themselves with new literature and resources, and plan and justify new academic programs in the study of global problems. While syllabus categories remain the same as in previous editions, several new…

The document presents annotations of multiethnic curriculum materials collected in 1977 since publication of the previous supplement. Topics included in the bibliography are behavior problems in the multi-ethnic classroom, attitudes of minority group members, language problems of non-English speaking students, folklore of various ethnic groups,…

This guide is intended to help vocational educators to create general energy awareness among their students and assist in preparing their students to become skilled workers in energy-related occupations. The guide contains hundreds of resources, such as names of personal contacts and programs at state and federal levels, sources for funding,…

The curriculum guide presents 14 modular units for teaching a college-level course about older women (age 40 and above). An introduction discusses the need for and lack of literature or research about older women and their specific personal, financial, and social problems. It also suggests instructional approaches, consideration of students'…

In the last decade the phenomenal growth of bilingual/bicultural programs for Spanish-speaking people has been accompanied by a critical need for learning materials which provide current, historically accurate, nonracist and nonstereotypic information on the contributions, heritage and current status of the various Spanish-speaking groups.…

Since 1969 the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety has concentrated on researching, demonstrating, and communicating to the public methods of reducing highway losses. The Institute has established a framework to classify the nature of each kind of loss (human, vehicle and equipment, and environment) in relation to the three phases of the crash…

This publication, presented in four sections, is designed to assist local school systems in implementing consumer education programs. Several parts of the guide are adapted from the U.S. Office of Education publication, Suggested Guidelines for Consumer Education, Grades K-12. First, the pupil goals are broadly and narrowly stated. The broad goals…

For many students, films and television provide not only a chief source of entertainment, but their only glimpse of history outside of a formal classroom. This book aims to stimulate media awareness and critical viewing skills in students through lessons in critical analysis and historical interpretation of selected films. The films chosen for…