"What is a fandom, and why do fandoms matter for school?" Fandoms are passionate communities dedicated to appreciating and engaging with texts of interest (movies, TV shows, books, bands, brands, sports teams, etc.) via personally and communally meaningful literacy practices. It is increasingly obvious that scripted literacy curricula…

The nine instructional units presented in this publication are designed to teach basic economic concepts to secondary students. The units can stand alone and are arranged so that they do not have to be taught in any particular sequence. They range in order from less to more difficult. Topics of units are: economic wants; productive resources;…

Cooperating with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education has prepared boxes of experimental curriculum materials on the subject of ecology. This guide summarizes the design and contents of the boxes and provides instructions for those using the boxes--principals, teachers, parents, librarians, and…

Describes the framework and 31 model lessons developed by the University of Georgia's Sea Grant Project, the major purpose of which is to make upper elementary and secondary students more aware of coastal and marine affairs. An illustrative lesson is included. (RM)

Retraces the development, implementation, and evaluation of an art unit dealing with sculpture using a method called unit construction for fourth-year students in a British comprehensive school art class. Available from Carfax Publishing Company, P.O. Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1RW England. (AM)

Provides general suggestions for introducing philosophy to middle school gifted students. Offers reasons for teaching philosophy, identifies the major elements of philosophy, and urges the reading and discussion of primary sources. Gives ideas for classroom procedure, and an example using six brief excerpts on friendship from Aristotle. (DB)

Article investigated the problems of introducing new knowledge in upper secondary curricula, bearing in mind the part played by factors outside the school, and evaluated the consequences new and evolving branches can have upon the organization of studies, curriculum content, teaching methods, and upper secondary teacher education. (Author/RK)

Recounts a high school teacher's experiences in simulating the Constitutional Convention of the United States. Includes part of the script used which the students designed. (JDH)

Focuses on a variety of materials on US/USSR relations available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. Includes documents relating to Soviet viewpoints, a scholarly discussion of the future of superpower relations, a booklet on arms control, a course outline on human rights, and a secondary unit on US/USSR ideologies, world views, and…

Looks at the changing status of consumer education as a school subject. (Editor)

Presents lesson plans highlighting cultural differences between the United States and the Soviet Union. Includes background for teachers on the geography, the political system, and the economy. Student materials and suggested activities are provided. (DH)

Presents an eight-step process for developing and presenting a supplementary unit to help students in grades 5-12 understand in greater depth the story of America's cities. (RM)

Presents an activity incorporating basic terminology, concepts, and solution methods of graph theory in the context of solving problems related to air travel. Discusses prerequisite knowledge and resources and includes a teacher's guide with a student worksheet. (KHR)

Describes a seventh grade mathematics curriculum built on the philosophy that there is a strong interplay of mathematics with the real world. The nature of the course, the pilot program and examples of type of estimation skills children develop early in the program are presented. (Author/EB)

Traces the development of "The Lessons of the Vietnam War," a set of units which cover legal, cultural, and historical questions of the war in greater depth than do survey textbooks. Examples of the 12 topics are "Introduction to Vietnam: Land, Culture, and History" and "Taking Sides: The War at Home." (GEA)