Describes current secondary school courses about religions which are incorporated into the social studies curriculum. Course titles include Religion in Human Culture, Religions of Man, Great Religions, Comparative Religions, History of Religions, and the Bible as Literature. (KC)

Identifies eight key facets of small business management and suggests activities that may be used to assist in their development. The key facets are (1) product or service, (2) competition, (3) marketing strategies, (4) personnel needs, (5) equipment and facility needs, (6) finances, (7) planning, and (8) entrepreneurship. (JOW)

This article contains unit plans for a mass media course for tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. (RC)

To keep parents and students informed of class requirements, have teachers design a curricular paper that outlines each course and send these home for parent/student review. (DCS)

Describes activities that have been successfully implemented by an expert during a mathematical problem-solving course. Focuses on the identification of the qualities of these problems used to promote the development of student strategies and values that reflect mathematical practice in the classroom. Contains 17 references. (ASK)

Three art activities are described. Junior and senior high school students carved kachina dolls from blocks of wood, junior high school students created table sculptures from old bottles, and senior high students made richly colored face-plates. (RM)

Describes a special four-week English course designed to ease the transition from the fifth form to the more intensive, specialized courses of the sixth form. (AA)

A course labeled Liberal Arts Mathematics is described. It includes: historical perspective, logic and proof, the structure of number systems, mathematics in art and nature, data analysis with probability and statistics, and computing. A list of references for each topic is included. (MNS)

Describes an art project that involved blind secondary students in producing a large piece of sculpture for the terrace of their school. (RM)

Provides a model for developing a course in student leadership at the secondary level. Includes a sample outline for a Basic Leadership Course and a sample outline for an Advanced Leadership Course. (MD)

Advocates the teaching of media studies within the context of the social studies classroom and presents suggestions for implementing a course which integrates these two areas. (KS)

Lists educational objectives, course syllabus, audiovisual materials, and bibliography for a secondary school course on the history and philosophy of science. The class consists of discussions, lectures, use of film and filmstrips, and student research papers. (KC)

The article describes a unit of activities in the humanities (involving famous Americans who achieved heroic proportions) for junior high and high school gifted students. Activities include taking a class survey and exploring the importance of the contributions of the Americans included in the unit. (PHR)

At Bay Shore High School, the business education department designed a course guide in booklet form geared to the student population. (BP)