Described in depth is an educational program for multiply handicapped children aged 3 to 8 years as it is now operating and a model program which explains what a school district, county or other agency can do to develop and install a program for multiply handicapped children. Program description includes information on philosophy of program…

This teaching guide is for use with the three books that make up the "Becoming a Citizen Series," which are aimed at helping prepare newcomers to the United States to participate fully as citizens. "Our American Way of Life," Book 1, is written for the foreign born who have a limited command of English. "Our United…

The Attention and Classification Curriculum, which was developed for four-year-old children, is described and its implementation is discussed. The curriculum consists of a sequence of 40 lessons and a set of materials used to carry out the lessons. An evaluation of the curriculum was conducted following its use in nine participating centers.…

Designed primarily for special needs students in a vocational program in automobile maintenance, this book was written to refine the basic skills of following directions, reading comprehension, vocabulary building, spelling, word usage, and word recognition, while relating these skills to some of the tasks a beginning student in the program must…

This teachers guide to be used with the second-year student manual, "Stationary Engineering Science Manual--2," contains 140 lesson plans, corresponding to the lessons in the student manual. The lessons are brief and each involves concrete trade experiences where science is applied with 26 lessons also involving mathematical problems…

A site visitation of the Bilingual Program at Choctaw Agency indicated that the program would be implemented during the 1975-76 school year. The program will involve teaching the reading and writing of the Choctaw language combined with teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). A structured approach will be used in teaching ESL to the Choctaw…

Intended for supplementary use with "A Reference Unit on the Meaning and Importance of Agribusiness," this suggested teaching plan is designed to assist in teaching certain fundamental concepts associated with the meaning and importance of agribusiness. It is composed of the following sections: Purpose, behavioral objectives, situation,…

Behavioral objectives and specific lesson material are offered as examples of how students in the intermediate and junior high school grades can be encouraged to respond creatively and uniquely to symbolically structured nonverbal patterns. The use of basic tools of visual literacy allow students to express nonverbal abilities not recognized in…

Discussion of the botany lessons used at two schools points out the need for fifth and sixth grade students to be taught the principles of plant life through observations made at an experimental garden plot at the school. (ND)

Some discussion concerning standard spoken language usage is followed by advice to teachers. Course organization and lesson plans are sketched. Drill possibilities are discussed, using as examples certain difficulties in the pronunciation of English. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

"Scratch,""Scribe," and "Scribble" are three strategies for teaching writing at any grade level. They are short, ongoing activities that do not require grading. "Scratch" concerns spelling, "Scribe" dictation, and "Scribble" the writing process. (SJL)

Describes a study (1969-76) which revealed student's lack of knowledge of Soviet law. Action taken to remedy this situation included elective activities, student attendance at court trials, film-lecture series, work with delinquent teenagers, and parent education. An outline of a semester plan in legal education is included. (KC)

Describes a class hour in a 10th grade class in English, using the teaching unit "USA." Historical and geographical aspects are considered. The aim is to acquire sociological knowledge and to articulate it in English. For each phase of the hour, introductory questions, goals, and materials used are provided. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Presents two lesson plans for a consumer education unit and the questionnaire used to survey student needs, attitudes, and concerns in consumer education. Lesson objectives were to help students determine their own needs and attitudes toward consumer education and money management and to evaluate a tentative consumer education syllabus. (MF)