A plan whereby high school students can have the experience of a variety of courses of study, cutting across the usual academic boundaries. (Editor)

Describes how unit resource notebooks are assembled and used by practicing teachers as a means of organizing resource materials and lesson plans. Outlines numerous sections or components of such resource notebooks. (HB)

The principal purpose of this article is to examine only a part of the teacher education program and to report on one departure from the traditional program that offers potential for significant qualitative improvement in the product of such programs. (Author)

This article presents a rationale for using newspaper comics and cartoons as instructional materials to foster language skills, career skills, values clarification, and critical thinking. It provides ideas for creating games and learning activity packages (LAPs) based on comic strips. (SJL)

Describes the two-day library orientation offered to all incoming sophomore English classes at Quincy High and Vocational Technical Schools in Milton, Massachusetts. Computer-scored pretests allow librarians to tailor the basic orientation package to the needs of each class. (SJL)