This resource guide consists of career and technology awareness learning activities that are designed to be infused into the basic skills curricula in elementary classrooms. Sets of activities are provided for each grade from kindergarten through grade 6. The sections for each individual grade level contain a list of objectives for that particular…

Social studies teachers can help students develop self- and career awareness by infusing career education into the social studies curriculum. The infusion method of career education is preferred since it can make the content of lessons more relevant for students. In addition, infusion of career education is particularly appropriate in social…

A resource room program was proposed for integrating career education with academic instruction at the elementary level. The curriculum incorporated the following skill areas: survival skills (responsibility, independence, and appropriate behavior); social skills (socially acceptable behavior and interpersonal skills); communication skills…

This collection of outlines, lesson plans, and classroom materials is intended to help teachers and curriculum specialists in teaching students about the contribution of organized labor to the development of the United States. Units suitable for the elementary, middle school, and high school levels are included. The first of the 12 units, which…

One in a series of five volumes of teacher-developed learning modules on urban career education (K-12), this document contains learning activities for grades 7-12 which are intended to be infused in the subject areas of language arts and social studies. Each module includes the following information: grade level, subject area, learner outcomes,…

Generated in teacher workshops as part of a project in the development of a career education learning system by the school districts of the Fort Worth-Dallas area, each of these 22 learning modules describes student activities based on a small segment of existing high school curriculum and on one of nine career education learner outcomes. The…

Materials contained in this curriculum guide are arranged for the classroom teacher as follows: a preface or "Foreword to the Teacher" begins each guide; following the preface is the day-by-day procedure written from the teacher's point of view, including title of activity (what the greater part of the day will be spent on), objectives, time line,…

Writing exercises and materials contained in this supplemental Learning Activity Package (LAP) for language arts were developed for use with high school students. A LAP is defined as a unit of activities involving print and nonprint media and is written in a specified format designed to meet specific student needs on an individual basis.…

A sampling of units or lessons that can be used in integrating career education concepts into instructional activities for the kindergarten through twelfth grade levels are included in this guide. Also included are techniques for establishing cooperative efforts between counselors and teachers. Content is divided into four levels: level…

This manual is intended to provide vocational educators with a rational for teaching vocational ethics, a framework for understanding the development of an enabling work ethic, and practical suggestions for teaching vocational ethics in the classroom. The first section discusses the importance of vocational ethics as an area of inquiry focusing on…

A model was proposed whereby students enrolled in a four-year program in vocational home economics would be given instruction in computer literacy using an integrated rather than a course or unit approach. The model called for identification of the competencies and skills necessary for computer literacy, determination of how students can obtain…

This manual for teacher trainers and staff development specialists contains information and materials for an 18-hour personal and financial planning workshop for secondary teachers. Part A is a guide for workshop directors. It defines personal and family financial planning, provides background information on financial planning education, and…

Intended primarily but not solely for use at the postsecondary level, this curriculum guide contains six units on energy efficiency that were designed to be incorporated into an existing program in automobile mechanics. The following topics are examined: drivers and public awareness (relationship between driving and fuel consumption); ignition…

This document outlines the model that was jointly developed by representatives of the Texas Education Agency and University of Texas at Austin (UTA) to inject the state's existing health science technology education (HSTE) program with tech prep components and Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) competencies. Presented…

The technology-based student activities in this curriculum resource book are intended to be incorporated into any industrial arts/technology education program. The activities are classified according to one of four technological systems--construction, communications, manufacturing, and transportation. Within the four parts of the guide, individual…