This curriculum guide emphasizes a multicultural approach to the teaching of social studies in grades one through three. The guide is organized around three principal objectives. The first objective is for children to describe how cultural heritage is transmitted through the recognition of special days. Lesson plans presented under this objective…

The third in a series of volumes designed to foster understanding of handicapped students is intended for junior and senior high school teachers. Lesson plans, discussion guides, and fact sheets are presented on the rights of the disabled, in separate sections tailored for high school and junior high levels. The high school section includes a…

"Winging it" becomes necessary when something unexpected comes up and the teacher has to improvise at the last minute. The successful "winger" has to plan ahead. Three factors in the planning are to have an overhead projector at one's disposal; to seat pupils in groups of four from the start; and to collect material from magazines, children's…

Extended in-depth role-playing and simulation, used effectively in the social sciences for some time, is seen as being a particularly effective technique for the intermediate level foreign language class. This paper describes a teaching unit of six or seven weeks, developed for use in the third or fourth semester of college level German, which…

This packet contains eight multicultural learning units for use in the K-6 classrooms with Vietnamese students. They are written in lesson plan format, comprising appropriate background information, learning objectivees, materials needed, activities, evaluation, and, in some cases, activity sheet masters for duplication and distribution to the…

This guide is intended to assist classroom teachers in developing lessons revolving around New York's 1980 handgun control law. It contains model lesson plans and a section on resource materials designed to provide insight into the law and its ramifications. The guide is designed for use in intermediate, junior and senior high schools. (Author/APM)

Twenty-seven lesson plans for a fourth-year electrical apprentice technical training program are presented in this instructor's manual. Also included are student worksheets and information sheets for each lesson, and copies of unit tests. (Answers to the worksheets and tests are provided.) The lesson plans are generally organized into four steps:…

Thirty-six lessons for introducing the metric system are outlined. Appropriate grade level is not specified. The metric lessons suggested include 13 lessons on length, 7 lessons on mass, 11 lessons on capacity, and 5 lessons on temperature. Each lesson includes a list of needed materials, a statement of the lesson purpose, and suggested…

Although written with the classroom teacher in mind, this learning module on firearms safety can be adapted by leaders of camps, 4-H clubs, outdoor educators, scouting organizations or any workers with junior and senior high school youth. The self-contained unit includes information on the subject, lesson plans, activities, class exercises, tests,…

One of a series of instructional packets to aid schools in reducing sex stereotypes, this inservice guide for use with school personnel is designed to stimulate thought about the differences between sex discrimination and sex bias and to encourage school personnel to examine and evaluate their own attitudes and behavior for sex fairness as they…

Intended for speech and language pathologists, teachers, and others, the book serves as an introduction to the use of total communication with autistic and other severely impaired populations. A brief introduction addresses sign language adaptation, criteria for choosing a core vocabulary, and a hierarchy of receptive and expressive skills.…

This orientation resource for new teachers of English to non-native speakers to public school students is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1, "Getting Started," covers orienting students, surveying resources, setting up the classroom, finding "filler" activities, defining expectations, planning an individualized program, keeping records,…

METHODS TO IMPROVE THE USES OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ARE DISCUSSED. TELEVISION SHOULD IMPLEMENT EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES, CHARACTERISTICS OF 2- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS, DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS, THE CURRICULUM AND THE TEACHER'S RELATIONSHIP TO IT, SCHEDULING, MEDIUM, FOR EACH HAS A ROLE IN THE OVERALL INSTRUCTIONAL SITUATION. OUTDOOR PLAY, SANITATION AND SAFETY,…

EIGHT SAMPLE LESSON PLANS, PREPARED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY FOR GRADES 7-12, PROVIDE FOUR DIFFERENT PATTERNS FOR COORDINATING THE LANGUAGE ARTS CONCEPTS OF COMPOSITION, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE. THE LESSONS INCORPORATE A VARIETY OF TEACHING TECHNIQUES WITH STRESS UPON THE INDUCTIVE APPROACH. THERE ARE TWO LESSON PLANS EACH FOR GRADES 8 AND…

THE EFFECT OF CLASSROOM GROUPING ON CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WAS STUDIED. EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON THE ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION, METHODS OF SELECTION, AND TEACHING TECHNIQUES. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM SCHOOL RECORDS AND FROM GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL TESTS. FIFTEEN PUPILS WERE PLACED IN A "SPECIAL" CLASS, AND 15 WERE DISTRIBUTED AMONG REGULAR…