This handbook is based upon a new social studies curriculum designed to give students guided experience in the responsible use of personal freedom. The new approach seeks to provide actual experience in the making of choices and judgements in order to improve man's relationship to his social and physical environment. Thus, the new social studies…

THE CHILD WITH NO SPEECH HANDICAPS NEEDS TRAINING IF HE IS TO DEVELOP A SPEECH PATTERN WHICH IS AN ASSET RATHER THAN A LIABILITY. THE REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHING MUST BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN CORRECT SPEAKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. THE CURRICULUM SHOULD PROVIDE FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE BASIC ATTITUDES AND…

This guide provides operators of driving schools with a body of information and procedures that will enable them to develop programs capable of meeting the particular needs of their students, and capable of being administered within the resources available to them. The guide does not attempt to prescribe one specific instructional program but…

The course is constructed to develop speed and accuracy in taking dictation and in transcribing notes; to develop desirable personal traits and awareness of responsibility for proofreading and correcting errors before submitting typewritten transcripts for approval. Course content includes (1) typing technique, (2) typing fundamental skills, (3)…

The course is directed to manual or machine shorthand students to aid in the further development of the ability to construct outlines under stress of dictation at 80 to 100 words a minute; to increase the student's ability in spelling, punctuation, and using proper grammar. Course content includes: (1) speedbuilding techniques, (2) drills, (3)…

THE SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF READING ABILITIES IS PRESENTED WITH A LISTING OF THE SPECIFIC SKILLS COMPRISING EACH ABILITY AT EACH GRADE LEVEL FROM GRADE 6, OR BELOW, THROUGH GRADE 12. THE SEQUENTIAL PRESENTATION WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE SECONDARY TEACHER, WHO CONTINUES THE READING PROGRAM BEGUN IN EARLIER GRADES. READING PROGRESS SHOULD EXTEND INTO…

The first two sections of the driver education curriculum guide for grades 9-12 provide brief statements concerning program description and course objectives. Section 3 is divided into two parts: the first part deals with classroom teaching and includes a nine-unit course outline on driving skills and driver preparation and an appendix consisting…

Course content described in this pamphlet prepares students with the skills and knowledge needed as beginning typists in the world of work. Performing with both speed and accuracy, the student will develop a high level of typewriting skill in office production of business forms, envelopes, index cards, employment forms, statistical tables, and…

This guide includes a description of a Junior Orchestra class, part of the Quinmester Program. Sections in the guide are: a course description; enrollment guidelines; course of study objectives (which includes musicianship and performance requirement suggestions); content (discussing logistics, tone, pitch, articulation, dynamics and notation);…

The outline presents a specialized course in recording basic technical and scientific terms in shorthand, including intensive practice in taking dictation and transcribing materials related to these areas with a high degree of speed and accuracy. It includes spelling, pronunciation, and definitions of the most-used technical and scientific terms,…

This guide to the primary education program was developed for use in kindergartens in Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, Florida. An overview of the program is followed by a section on preplanning, which deals with curriculum planning, classroom arrangement, centers and materials, classroom management, themes for the year, lesson plans for…

The junior high student will type postcards, personal announcements, memorandums, personal notes, personal business letters, envelopes; and learn the parts of letters, letter styles, folding of letters, punctuation rules, proofreading, and erasing in this course. The student will also learn to compose at the typewriter. A prerequisite to this…

This course outlined in this pamphlet serves as a review clinic for basic typing skills to increase students' employability and provide further skill development. Content includes occupational relationships, enrollment guidelines, performance objectives (perform standard maintenance on a typewriter, type from dictation, compose at a typewriter),…

This curriculum guide on electrical occupations is designed to provide eleventh and twelfth grade teachers with the educational specifications for specific knowledge and skills that will qualify students for entry-level employment in five electrical occupational areas: inside electrician, outside electrician, electronics assembler, electrical…

A resource book intended as a teaching aid for preschool teachers, this compilation includes those ideas that have been used with success with children three through five years of age. The curriculum material is presented in outline format under the following headings: Subject of Interest; Basic Understandings; Additional Facts the Teacher Should…