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Lesley Coll., Cambridge, MA. National Center of Economic Education for Children. – 1981
These six newsletters present classroom tested activities in elementary economics. Each issue treats specific topics: scarcity, opportunity cost, production and specialization, consumption and demand, supply and production, prices and efficiency. In each issue, separate activities are provided for grades K-12, 3-4, and 5-6. For the most part,…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Economics Education, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textHands-On English, 1998
This document consists of three year's worth (18 consecutive issues), 1995-1998, of the periodical "Hands-on English." This serial publication is intended for teachers and tutors of adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL). Each issue contains editorials, letters to the editor, teaching and learning activities, teaching tips,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Learning Activities
Kahl, Marilyn, Ed. – 1983
This publication contains a collection of teaching ideas and class activities for organization, journals, dictation, creative writing, outlines, poetry, vocabulary, film review word cards, paragraphing, career research and much more. Some of the materials, listed with their authors, include: (1) "Magazine Board" (Frieda Owen); (2)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Teacher Developed Materials
PDF pending restorationNCTM Student Math Notes, 1983
Mathematics activities involving the construction of spirolaterals are presented in this issue of "Student Math Notes." Spirolaterals are figures in which sequences of line segments of differing lengths, connected by angles of a constant size, are drawn repeatedly to create a geometric design. The activities presented involve the…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Constructions, Instructional Materials
Baker, Rosalie F., Ed.; Baker, Charles F. III, Ed. – Calliope: World History for Young People, 1990
This issue of "Calliope," a world history magazine for young people is devoted to "Great Explorers of the East" and features articles on famous explorers of the eastern hemisphere. The following articles are included: "Ancient Egyptian Mariners"; "Alexander: The Great Reconciler"; "Marco Polo:…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Non Western Civilization
Ohrn, Deborah Gore, Ed. – Goldfinch, Iowa History for Young People, 1992
This theme issue contains articles about the importance of learning local history. The lead article includes historical information about three Iowa cities: Council Bluffs, Waterloo, and Jefferson. Other features in this issue are entitled: "Iowa Kids Talk,""Digging Into Local History,""Goldie's Top Ten News Stories";…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Education, History Instruction, Learning Activities
Kahl, Marilyn, Ed. – 1984
Devoted to Greek and Roman mythic contributions to culture and developed to tie in with the 1984 Olympic Games in California, this pamphlet includes exams, discussion topics, vocabulary, and other teaching ideas on the Olympic heritage. Most of the exercises were written by Nathan Reed Mathis, former president of Southland Council of Teachers of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedRitch, Pamela, Ed. – Children's Theatre Review, 1981
This special journal edition contains research reports on children and the theatre. The seven articles discuss the following subjects: (1) how audiences function in participation plays for young people, (2) creative dramatics and handicapped children, (3) the effect of advance organizers on children's responses to theatre viewing, (4) a Piagetian…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Children, Creative Dramatics, Drama
National School Resource Network, Washington, DC. – 1980
Youth Action Teams have been implemented in over 14 sites across the country in the past few years. Such teams are made up of a diverse group of youth working together on a project through the school, a youth service organization, a community organization, or the government. The team decides its focus, and what projects its members wish to…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Program Descriptions, School Community Relationship, Secondary Education
Brand, Judith, Ed. – Exploratorium Magazine, 1999
Exploratorium Magazine communicates ideas that exhibits cannot easily demonstrate, extending the museum beyond its physical walls. This issue takes an in-depth look at the science and history of paper. Topics include: (1) Fascinating Facts about Paper; (2) A Closer Look at the Paper in This Magazine; (3) Handmade Paper; (4) Paper Airplanes; (5)…
Descriptors: Art Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits, Learning Activities
1993
"Clearing" magazine is a bi-monthly environmental education resource and activity guide for K-12 teachers in the Pacific Northwest. Each of these four volumes is a compilation of outstanding articles and activities from past issues of "Clearing." Volume I (Issues 1-20) presents 47 articles organized into four sections:…
Descriptors: American Indians, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy
Kahl, Marilyn, Ed. – 1985
This publication on fantasy and folklore is a collection of puzzles, games, stories, exercises, activities, and other ideas for teachers. Materials and their authors include: (1) "Once upon a Plot" (Joyce Bennett); (2) "Kennings" (Marjorie Merwin); (3) "Putting a Hex On" (Marilyn Kahl); (4) "What's Your…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Fantasy, Folk Culture
Murphy, Linda; Della Corte, Suzanne – Special Parent/Special Child, 1988
The newsletter for parents of handicapped children focuses on summer activities which provide fun and learning without undue expense or effort. Suggestions include encouraging reading activities (including visiting the library, reading out loud, selective television viewing, making a book, and writing letters). Activities to encourage the child's…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Creativity, Disabilities, Learning Activities
Weeks, Denise Jarrett, Ed.; Stepanek, Jennifer, Ed. – Northwest Teacher, 2001
This publication takes a look at lesson study both in its Japanese form and as it is being implemented in the United States. It contains the lesson study process, the rationale for using such an approach, and illustrates how teachers and administrators around the United States are taking the first steps toward adapting and implementing lesson…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development
Kaminsky, Lisa Holland, Ed.; Byerly, Tshawna L., Ed.; Huzinec, Josie, Ed.; Pilhuj, Kate, Ed.; Frye, Traci, Ed.; Smith, Kristin J., Ed.; Yanosky, Tiffany, Ed. – Dangling Modifier, 2003
This series of issues of a newsletter called "The Dangling Modifier" begins with Volume 1, Number 1 (Fall 1994) and concludes with Volume 9, Number 2 (2003). The newsletter is subtitled "A National Newsletter by and for Peer Tutors in Writing" for the majority of the issues--the last issue changes the subtitle to "An…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Activities, Peer Teaching, Tutoring
