This curriculum guide covers Course I of a three-year sequence for high school mathematics in New York which was intended to provide an alternative to the regular Regents sequence of ninth-, tenth-, and eleventh-grade mathematics. A listing of scope and content for Course I is provided, along with a suggested time allotment. Four mathematics units…

Extract from the author's Report to the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future," which will be published by the Commission late 1972. (Author)

Presented is a guide for developing a program for gifted and talented students (in grades k-8) which was originally implemented with 60 students in the Kyrene School District (Tempe, Arizona). Part I covers such program aspects as philosophy, goals, ways of dealing with opposition from teachers, parents, the community, the Board of Education, and…

This book contains 44 elementary and secondary school citizenship education lesson plans, programs, projects, and learning activities that were developed by 50 teachers who participated in the 1985 Special Programs in Citizenship Education (SPICE I). This collection of educational materials is organized under the general topics of: (1)…

What schools can do and are doing to prevent the abuse of drugs by their students is the focus of this report. The first section of the report "An Overview of Current Efforts" presents the findings of a one-year study of drug education in the United States, with a subjective analysis of the various approaches in the field. In the second…

Five units are designed to assist kindergarten teachers in developing and implementing social studies programs which focus on introducing children to the world, its resources, and its peoples. Designed as a readiness program to help prepare kindergarten children for the primary grade social studies program, these units identify instructional…

This catalog, consisting of three major sections, is intended primarily for teachers and administrators in Illinois but is also designed to be applicable to educators in other states. The first section (in narrative form) focuses on ideas for using community-based resources, offers guidelines for selecting career education materials, and describes…

Fifteen organizing themes are presented to help define the scope of social studies learning in grades K-12 and to construct a basic framework for curriculum development. The underlying philosophy is that there are major social understandings that tie one or two concepts together and that children should investigate and discover those…

This industrial arts program of a studies guide is the product of a research project designed to (1) ascertain programs and curricula trends of senior high school industrial arts in the fifty states, (2) develop a philosophical rationale for senior high schools in North Dakota secondary schools, and (3) develop a master plan and program of study…

Law related education learning modules and lesson plans are presented in this curriculum guide, which is designed to meet three broad goals: (1) to encourage good citizenship and respect for the law by teaching students how to effectively function within the law and to demonstrate and value lawful conduct; (2) to promote a better understanding for…