This paper chronicles the service learning activities that surrounded the implementation of eight holistic approaches to chronic disease throughout the community served. Faculty facilitated independent practice related activities that brought knowledge to community agencies. Students, as a part of an online course, developed close relationships…

Curricular methods and materials on population that should be used by all educators, not just population educators, enable students to learn how to make responsible decisions affecting themselves, their families, and their communities. (Author/JH)

Five teachers developed and tested creative, subtle approaches to the use of aging-related source material in language arts activities, an effort which resulted in this volume of 14 self-contained activities. These activities have been successfully field-tested in junior or senior high school classes, resulting in gains in language arts skills,…

This teacher's manual is arranged according to the four major categories that were identified as being necessary for a good foundation to an agricultural education program. Each section includes background information and activities for classroom use. Activities were designed to assist teachers in developing lesson plans for grades 4, 5, and 6;…

Suggests sources of information, including books, maps, and slides, and teaching methods and activities to use in teaching ancient Roman history to secondary students. (Author/CK)

Uses of three-dimensional objects in college level history courses are described, including using artifacts to enliven and invigorate classroom teaching and to convey a sense of the past to students. Journal available from Loren E. Pennington, Division of Social Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas 66801. (DB)

To motivate students in the study of Asia at a time when interest in the East has declined but interaction increased, the author makes nine specific suggestions to secondary school teachers involving in-class exploration, outside experts, and cultural representatives. (JH)

Maintains that learning will be facilitated through appealing displays that permit active participation of children. (DB)

Analyzes the nature of the learning process and attempts to show how the three components of a reinforcement contingency, the stimulus, the response and the reinforcement can be utilized to increase the efficiency of a typical science learning experience, the excursion. (JR)

Several ideas are presented which can be used by teachers to arouse children's interest in birds and, at the same time, enhance skills in math, reading, writing, art, and creative thinking. A list of reading resources is included. (IAH)

This guidebook provides the classroom teacher with ideas and resources for teaching creative writing at the secondary level. For each type of writing that is discussed, instructional objectives, notes for teachers' presentations of new concepts, classroom activities, discussion questions, small-group activities, projects, individual assignments,…

Intended for gifted/talented staff members, the document provides a collection of curriculum ideas and suggestions for activities, books, and articles related to education of gifted and talented children. Included are materials (outlines, tables, diagrams, and articles) on the following topics: facts about famous individuals; introduction of…

The purpose of this handbook is to help make teaching and learning more effective, interesting, and exciting. The book is one in a series which provides practical, classroom tested strategies, approaches, and student activities for the elementary classroom. "Developing Individual Values in the Classroom" contains definitions, value discovery…

Presented are activities and teaching strategies designed to make history real to students, to develop in them, first, a sense of personal involvement with the past, and second, a time-sense and historical perspective. Suggestions include use of biography, historical fiction, oral history, genealogy, role playing, and time-lines. (Author/SJL)