This competency based drafting curriculum is presented in seven specialization sections with units in each section containing a competency statement, performance objective, learning activities, evaluation, and quiz or problem sheets. Some units also contain answer sheets and/or handout sheets. Sections and number of units presented are (1) basic…

The guide is an outline of training experiences designed to lead a student to at least entry-level proficiency in engineering, support, and management service jobs within the construction industry. Teaching units cover construction drafting, architectural drawing, engineering drafting, estimating, expediting and scheduling, surveying, testing and…

This curriculum guide outlines three credits of study, one credit for each of the grade levels 10, 11, and 12. Intended as an optional study area, the program provides awareness and exploration for those students who aspire to postsecondary study and introduces skills to those who wish to explore trades and technologies in employment after school.…

This teaching and learning guide is designed for students who seek specialized training in mechanical drafting. Contents are organized as follows: (1) Introductory section giving the course philosophy, general course objectives, instructional plan, and bibliography, (2) course outline (which includes the 12 units of the graphic language; use and…

Developed for the industrial arts multifield laboratory program (junior high level), this curriculum guide provides the industrial arts teacher with a plan of organization for a one-year program of instruction based on seven units of instructional activities: metals, woods, plastics, drafting, electricity, power, and home repairs. Each unit lists…

Part of a series of curriculum guides dealing with industrial education in junior high schools, this guide provides a course on drafting to be used in the ninth grade. Thirteen goals are identified for the students to demonstrate: (1) a knowledge of the relationship between drafting and the work of designers, engineers, and architects; (2) an…

These instructional materials provide eight lessons on print reading as applied to the machine shop course. Introductory materials include a list of the objectives and activities for each competency, a list of references, a student progress record, and a keyed copy of a pretest. The lessons cover the role of technical drawing in society;…

This guide for industrial arts grades 7-9 provides teachers with a curriculum for the subject cluster of graphic communications. An "Overview" section presents the rationale, discusses how the content of the program is related to the developmental stages of the adolescent, describes the structure of the industrial arts program, and lists…

This curriculum guide is designed for group instruction of secondary agricultural education students enrolled in one or two semester-long courses in elements of farm and building layout. The guide presents units of study in the following areas: (1) sketching and drawing equipment, (2) gothic lettering, (3) layout of a standard sheet, (4) job…

This outline of instruction, instructor guide, and student job sheets for a secondary-postsecondary-level course in Drafting I are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Purpose stated for the sixty-three-hour course is to teach…

This guide provides the basic foundation to develop a one-semester course based on the cluster concept, graphic communications. One of a set of six guides for an industrial arts curriculum at the junior high school level, it suggests exploratory experiences designed to (1) develop an awareness and understanding of the drafting and graphic arts…

The curriculum guide is designed to provide students with realistic training in graphic communications theory and practice within the secondary educational framework and to prepare them for entry into an occupation or continuing postsecondary education. The program modules outlined in the guide have been grouped into four areas: printing,…

This course guide for a construction drafting course is one of four developed for the graphic communications area in the North Dakota senior high industrial arts education program. (Eight other guides are available for two other areas of Industrial Arts--energy/power and production.) Part 1 provides such introductory information as a definition…

This course guide for a design/drafting course is one of four developed for the graphic communications area in the North Dakota senior high industrial arts education program. (Eight other guides are available for two other areas of Industrial Arts--energy/power and production.) Part 1 provides such introductory information as a definition and…

This set of six instructional units on applying the metric system in trade and industrial education is one of three metric education modules designed for use with bilingual (Spanish and English) students in postsecondary and adult vocational programs. (Both the Spanish and English versions of this set are provided in the document.) Each unit…