This publication was designed for teachers to use at all levels in the elementary and secondary schools. In addition, certain portions of it could be used with adult groups. It is composed of numerous interdisciplinary instructional activities related to energy use and conservation. For convenience, the activities are grouped for grades K-3,…

The document is a guide to a consumer education resource unit which aims to create a teacher-student and student-community learning partnership which will actively involve all participants. Concepts, behavioral objectives, learning experiences, and generalizations are provided in a format that can be quickly viewed and easily interpreted, but the…

The Utah World of Work Project focused on career awareness for elementary children, with the objectives of assisting elementary children to become aware of themselves, their potential, the world about them, and how people function in the working world. The project personnel and teachers developed and field tested units of study which could be…

Included in this resource guide are seven teaching units: Kindergarten--The School and Neighborhood, Grade 1--Animal Homes, Grade 2--Life in a Pond, Grade 3--The Bay and Marsh, Grade 4--The Seashore, Grade 5--The Forest, and Grade 6--Man's Impact on the Environment. Each unit provides background materials for the teacher, learning activities for…

This volume contains a series of papers which develop multidisciplinary environmental education activities in seven subject matter areas: political science, health education, language or communication arts, art, science, mathematics, and social studies. Different formats are used for organizing the materials in each of the different subject areas.…

Four curriculum units for use at the kindergarten level focus on: (1) school jobs and the school community; (2) farming jobs and lifestyle; (3) family jobs at home and outside the home; and (4) transportation jobs and its industry. Objectives linking the units emphasize increasing students' awareness of and appreciation for each unit's jobs. The…

This biography for elementary school students highlights the life of Charles Bender (Ojibwe), an American Indian who became a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953, and includes his photograph and a map of Minnesota showing his birthplace, Brainard. A teacher's guide following the biography contains background information on…

Designed to be used in conjunction with the "Consumer's Resource Handbook" (CRH), this teacher's guide features teaching units, sources of information, and follow-up learning activities. It is written primarily for secondary level students but can be adapted for elementary and postsecondary classes. Unit 1 addresses how to seek purchasing…

A biography for elementary school students describes the life and career of Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (Sioux), a Native American free-lance writer, and includes her photograph and a map of South Dakota reservations. A story by Mrs. Sneve tells about a half-Sioux boy who confronts his heritage when his grandfather makes a long journey between his…

The document is one of the teaching units developed by the Utah World of Work Project, designed to integrate career awareness into the regular curriculum at the elementary level. The kindergarten level guide is tied to the social studies area and focuses on eight work-related concepts and objectives covering the relationships between work and pay,…

Designed to help elementary school students understand sex role stereotyping, these classroom activities have been compiled from sex equity projects at local, state, and national levels. The selection criteria included: (1) appeal to elementary students; (2) the inclusion of mathematics or language arts exercises within an activity; and (3)…

The secondary English activities materials developed by the North Dakota Exemplary Project represent information that will be helpful to teachers in achieving the goals of a career education program. The guide provides a flexible framework to provide experiences that will support the learning principles needed to attain the required knowledge,…

The secondary math activities materials developed by the North Dakota Exemplary Project represent information that will be helpful to teachers in achieving the goals of a career education program. The guide provides a flexible framework to provide experiences that will support the learning principles needed to attain the required knowledge,…

The secondary science activities materials developed by the North Dakota Exemplary Project represent information that will be helpful to teachers in achieving the goals of a career education program. The guide provides a flexible framework to provide experiences that will support the learning principles needed to attain the required knowledge,…

A biography for elementary school students presents an account of an American Indian television reporter, Tom Beaver (Creek), and includes a map of Oklahoma showing the location of Indian tribes. A teacher's guide following the biography contains information about the Creek tribe and the history of television, learning objectives and directions…