The resource booklet contains readings and activities for British secondary school world affairs classes. The material lends itself toward incorporation into various curricula, including history, geography, social studies, humanities, environmental studies, language and literature, home economics, math, and science. Subject matter focuses on…

The teaching guide is designed to aid high school history and social studies teachers as they develop and implement programs on the Holocaust. The document is presented in four chapters. Chapter I explains that Holocaust refers to the persecution and genocide of Jews and political opponents of the Nazi regime in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.…

This handbook is offered as a guide and resource for Adult Basic Education (ABE) curriculum development in the area of adult competencies and coping skills. It addresses sixty-five Adult Performance Level (APL) objectives identified in a previous study. Following a brief introduction, steps for organizing the curriculum begin in section 2 with…

The articles included in these proceedings are presented in order to give some insight into the meaning and scope of bilingualism and bilingual education. The volume is divided into sections respresenting the following five areas of concern in bilingual education: philosophy, legal aspects, language and linguistics, culture, and techniques and…

The third edition of the Profiles Handbook presents information about postsecondary education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Information about each state is organized into four main parts as follows: Part I contains a narrative description of the state-level coordinating or governing agency, institutional governing boards, master…

Exercises and activities for incorporating career education into the elementary school curriculum (K-6) are contained in this teacher's manual. Activities are developed for the primary, primary/intermediate, and intermediate levels for language arts (83 activities), mathematics (53), science (32), social studies (91), related arts/fine arts (68),…

Designed to be utilized as a supplement to the social studies curriculum (any level) in the public schools of Washington State, this curriculum guide on the history and culture of Washington's American Indians includes: an index; a bibliographic resource guide; a guide to teaching materials; and the course of study itself. The content of the…

The sourcebook is one of several supplementary materials for a 15-week newspaper course about popular culture in the United States. Program ideas and related resources compiled in the sourcebook are designed to help civic and group leaders and educators plan educational community programs based on the course topics. Section one describes ways in…

Focusing on the basic skills of reading and mathematics, identified as major problems by a fall 1973 needs assessment of the Minneapolis Public Schools, more than 600 Title I supported staff worked to improve the achievement of these children in 43 public and parochial schools. Attempts to measure impact were made, and a number of individual…

The book presents important and innovative aspects of using the work setting as a vehicle for finding workers in psychological/social trouble (an estimated quarter of any work force at any time) and helping them stay on the job. It describes a four-year demonstration project in which a pioneering team of researchers combined the resources of trade…

Technical and financial assessments were conducted of the Draft EUDISED Program 1976-78, which is to coordinate information exchange activities in educational documentation and information on a European level. Facilities and staff for various technical and organizational alternatives are described, costs of each alternative are estimated, and…

The study identified primary grade-level materials that might be useful in helping children considered socioeconomically disadvantaged to secure personal identities and self-awareness in relation to the social and economic systems around them. Major project activities were: (1) developing pertinent course-level goals for career and consumer…

Designed as a component of a career exploratory program at Vale Middle School, Vale, Oregon, the Student Needs Assessment Guide provides middle school teachers with an instrument to be used in helping students assess themselves as individuals and to match this assessment with current and expected roles in the adult world. The guide consists of two…

The Community Day Program was adopted at Marcy Open School after strong parental support was demonstrated. A central focus of the program was to integrate community experience into the school curriculum and a large staff of volunteers was considered necessary for this task. Specific goals of the community plan were to provide activities,…

The Career Education for Women workshop is divided into six three-hour sessions; the leader's manual duplicates the participant's, with the addition of suggested procedures and appropriate remarks, and a listing of sources for materials. Although the leader is encouraged to adapt the presentations, the basic order of the workshop should be…