This packet contains information and materials for conducting a training workshop for working with adults who are developmentally disabled. The materials are specifically designed to train volunteer teachers in the College for Living (CFL) program, which supplements residential programs in and around Denver and aids institutions in orienting…

One of twenty course guides in the Community Living Skills Guide for the College of Living, this document provides guidelines and workbook activities for the course, Wardrobe II. The series of courses for developmentally disabled adults is intended to supplement residential programs and to aid in orienting institutionalized persons to eventual…

Course objectives, lesson plans, and student worksheets are provided in this guide for a unit introducing ninth grade students to the skills of road and topographical map reading. Designed for nonacademic students who are, in general, characterized by poor self esteem, low academic potential, and low reading ability, the unit emphasizes practical…

IN THE SUMMER OF 1967, WORK WAS INITIATED BY 3 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL FAMILIES. THE INITIAL EFFORT INVOLVED A SURVEY TO IDENTIFY MIGRANT YOUTH AND THEIR NEEDS. COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND THE 3 SCHOOL SYSTEMS THEN DETERMINED PRIORITIES AND CONSTRUCTED MATERIALS FOR THE…

A CORRECTED REPUBLICATION OF THE 1947 EDITION, THE BOOK DESCRIBES A FORM OF VISIBLE SPEECH OBTAINED BY THE RECORDING OF AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE ANALYSIS PERFORMED BY THE EAR. ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO PRESENT AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE READING OF VISIBLE SPEECH AND EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MATERIAL OF INTEREST TO VARIOUS…

One of a series of eleven curriculum manuals which cover the four transportation topics of public transportation, transportation and the environment, transportation safety, and bicycles for elementary, secondary, and adult levels, this manual covers all four topics at the adult level. Materials in four chapters comprising seventeen mini-units…

One of a series of eleven curriculum manuals which cover the four transportation topics of public transportation, transportation and the environment, transportation safety, and bicycles for elementary, secondary, and adult levels, this manual covers the transportation and the environment topic for grades 6-9. It contains thirty-nine learning…

This syllabus is intended to serve as the instructor's manual for inservice Spanish teachers' training courses in applied linguistics throughout the state of Texas. Texts are recommended for both participants and instructor. Lesson outlines are provided for six sessions; they include recommended and required readings as well as extensive lecture…

An adult farmer course designed to develop the effective ability of land holders to plan for and implement wise land use is presented. The unit consists of eight lesson plans: (1) the importance of land use, (2) the physical and chemical properties of the soil, (3) soil testing as a tool of land use, (4) balanced fertilization of soils, (5)…

There is an urgent need to improve the language of the migrant children if they are to succeed in school. The child must have a solid understanding and usage of the Standard English used in the schools. This guide, developed through the efforts and cooperation of teachers of migrant preschool children, attempts to develop academic readiness…

The occupational resource unit, one of a series encompassing grade levels 1-10, was prepared by the Linciln County (West Virginia) Exemplary Project staff for classroom use at the sixth grade level or for use as a teaching model. The guide contains a synopsis of the entire unit, general objectives, behavioral objectives, teaching strategies,…

"The Role of the State in Performance-Based Teacher Education-Certification" by Robert Roth creates a context for viewing how state agencies are approaching performance education. Peter Airasian then explores the value questions that are at the heart of evaluation issues. Fred McDonald looks at "The State of the Art in Performance Assessment," and…

The curriculum guide offers a sequential, articulated, and developmental career education concept grid and lesson plans for use in classroom and guidance sessions from kindergarten through postsecondary levels. Developed by Project Green River Opportunities for Work (Project GROW), the lesson plans, or miniunits, contain performance objectives,…

Language instruction techniques are developed through extensive discussion of methodology with sample lesson plans in Spanish, French, and German at the elementary and secondary level. This state curriculum guide also comments on program articulation, selection and use of a language laboratory, evaluation of student achievement, and the place of…

The family life sex education unit for eighth graders, "The Years of Uncertainty," consists of a series of daily lesson plans that span a 29-day period of one-hour class sessions. Topics covered are: problem solving, knowledge and attitudes, male and female reproductive systems, conception, pregnancy, birth, birth defects, venereal…