The booklet is designed to be used as a teaching resource for junior high or secondary classes studying global affairs and interdependence. It describes the transnational exchange of farm products and manufactured goods between mid-America and foreign countries. Mid-America is made up of the 12 Great Lakes and Plains states, which include prime…

The Extended Campus Segment of De Anza College was designed as a brokerage between main campus educational resources and the needs of its service community. To that end, the segment was reorganized to provide a continual system of community needs and interests assessment with emphasis on individual learners as its base; to establish an educational…

This report describes Huntington simulations--computer programs and associated off-line materials for the teacher and for the students. Separate guidelines for choosing a simulation are presented for the curriculum planner and for the teacher. The Huntington simulation, POLUT, is the example which is used. Modifications to this program and its…

In order to develop a more standardized curriculum and provide educators with available materials for conducting secondary health care occupations courses in Kansas, a project was conducted to determine the number and types of secondary health occupations education programs and the availability of curriculum and instructional material related to…

A companion volume to the user's guide to the Benson Collection, this teaching guide is designed to encourage students to use Mexican American community resources to supplement textbook materials. The first section, which comprises five exercises for elementary and secondary students covers the definition of information and primary source…

The aim of this program activity guide is to aid teachers and child caregivers in helping children in Air Force preschools and day care centers better understand and cope with the sometimes difficult experience of moving to another duty station. Basic information for teachers and caregivers, facts about moving in the military, instructional…

This module on the structure of the microscope is one of 17 modules designed for individualized instruction in health occupations education programs at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. This module consists of an introduction to the module topic, a list of resources needed, and two learning experiences. Each learning experience contains…

This module on the care and use of the microscope is one of 17 modules designed for individualized instruction in health occupations education programs at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. This consists of an introduction to the module topic, a list of resources needed, and two learning experiences. Each learning experience contains an…

This publication provides an overview of the nutrition needs of five population groups: preschool and elementary school-age children, adolescents, adults, athletes, and persons with special nutritional and educational needs (including those with problems of overweight, sugar and salt consumption, and food allergies). Goals and learning experiences…

The instructor's manual for an inservice training program for teachers concerned with handicapped children is in two volumes comprising 42 modules in five sections: awareness of exceptionality, diagnosis and assessment, methods and materials, classroom management and organization, and use of resources. Each module is introduced by a color coded…

This report provides an information base about federally funded teacher center projects. The information was collected between January 1 and August 31, 1980 from 37 federally funded teacher center projects. During this eight month period, 247 structured telephone interviews were conducted. Three major categories of questions provided the focus for…

Abstracts of 98 documents of research, instructional, and other materials in vocational and technical education, drawn from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) data base, and abstracts of 112 funded projects in progress are included in this publication. Document resumes are indexed by subject, author, and institution. Projects in…

This guide contains lists of activities for using the local newspaper as an educational resource to develop content area reading skills. The compilation of ideas and activities, divided into four sections, offers suggestions for using the newspaper in language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science instruction. A fifth section on newspaper…

Produced in response to a school board's directive to develop a plan for implementing a standardized curriculum in the basic subjects on a district-wide basis, this guide contains instructional objectives for the area of ninth grade English. Included in the guide are (1) an overview of objectives for eighth, ninth, and tenth grade English; (2) an…

The second edition of the Media Resources Catalogue, this document is considerably reduced in size and includes only evaluated materials. The five sections of this catalogue are as follows: (1) print materials (categorized as fiction and non-fiction, this section includes 55 and 239 citations, respectively and is further categorized in terms of…