Primary sources such as diaries and census data from early nineteenth-century Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts are the basis for this set of resource packets. These supplementary packets, adaptable to various grade levels, help students explore questions about the pace of work in a rural society, the role of individuals in a farm family,…

The central theme of this ideabook on the Bicentennial is the extension of the human rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to the United States and the rest of the world. The ideabook is divided into three sections. Section one describes 17 proposed projects based upon a central Bicentennial program entitled "A Declaration of…

Violent protest by blacks, youth, and labor is the focus of the third unit of the 11th grade FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271). The unit examines how violent protest has affected social change in the United States in politics, institutions, and behavior. Specifically the unit includes civil rights case studies;…

Goals, activities, methods, and techniques are suggested in this 1969 document for improving instruction in the language arts for the migrant child. The first of the 3 sections of the book deals with those behavioral goals of particular significance for teachers working with nursery, kindergarten, and beginning first-grade children. The second…

A brief history is given of the Johnson-O'Malley Act, which provides funds for Indian children attending public schools, and Nevada's plan for distribution of these funds is discussed. Procedures for determination of state apportionment for Nevada public schools are included, as are the beneficiaries of the special fund allocations. Basic…

The problem of teaching culture in language classes is reflected in the criticism directed to the current Part 4 section of the Regents foreign language examination given in the State of New York. This paper, the result of a panel discussion on culture, proposes changes in the examinations and proposes new directions in the study of culture.…

Emphasizing the newspaper's influence on people's lives and opinions and its role in preserving a democratic government, this teaching guide attempts to promote student understanding and appreciation of the functions, service, and responsibilities of the press. Units for grades 7-12 focus on particular aspects of the newspaper: introduction to the…

Three articles deal with primary school English instruction. W. J. Jackson examines some possible sets of objectives for a language arts program--e.g., development through language of creative and reasoning faculties, awareness of language characteristics and of writing models useful in contemporary society, achievement of expected terminal and…

This report comprises a Title I ESEA Program evaluation for 1967-68 in Cincinnati Public Schools. To make greater concentration of services possible, lesser target schools were phased out of the 1967-68 program. The five projects comprising the 1967-68 program were: Elementary School remediation and enrichment; Secondary School remediation and…

This resource guide has been developed by a curriculum team of Boston teachers and the staff of the Lincoln Filene Center at Tufts University to provide the social studies teacher with materials suitable for delineating the role of the Black man and the meaning of the Black experience in United States History. The Black experience is woven into…

This is one unit of the series described in SO 000 378. The essential ingredients are not the problems of American society themselves but the ability to recognize them, to view these problems in historical perspective, to mitigate or bring out effective change, to assign priorities, to investigate satisfactory problem-solving methods, and above…

To change the negative attitudes of academically disadvantaged students toward school and prepare them to succeed in high school vocational programs, 27 boys were selected to participate in a 3-year activity-centered instructional program. A problem-solving approach was used for learning experiences in applied biology and agriculture, mathematics…

The brochure discusses the Shared Services Program of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory of Portland, Oregon. The program operates on the premise that it can provide additional programs (frequently of higher quality) to rural school districts at a lower per-capita cost. The shared services are conducted through cooperative efforts…

The overall social studies recommended program is described in SO 000 675; the nature of this guide, and the emphasis and organization of the units are described in SO 000 677. Some of the major concepts included here are: (1) defining or limiting the community to be studied; (2) social and ethnic groups in the community; (3) community…

Evaluated is an extended school day program initiated with Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, funds. To alleviate learning difficulties faced by disadvantaged children in the classroom, this after school program provided additional teacher time, attention, and instruction. The program offered tutorial services in reading and…