As one of the units on Native Americans developed by public school teachers enrolled in a University of Minnesota extension course on American Indian education, this grade-6 unit has as its overall objective the sensitization of the class to the cultural values of the Chippewa and Sioux residents of Minnesota reservations as contrasted to…

THIS PUBLICATION WAS DEVELOPED AS A RESOURCE UNIT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO USE IN A FIRST-GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM. THE UNIT WAS DEVELOPED AND TESTED AT A SEMINAR HELD IN OCTOBER 1965, AT KENT, OHIO. THE CONTENTS INCLUDE OBJECTIVES, ESSENTIAL GENERALIZATIONS, LEARNING ACTIVITIES, UNIT CONTENT (WHICH PROVIDES THE TEACHER WITH A LIST…

THE PRELIMINARY WORK OF THE NEBRASKA VOCATIONAL-OCCUPATIONAL RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT WAS DESCRIBED. THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF THE UNIT WAS THE COORDINATION OF EFFORTS WHICH PRODUCE DATA, INFORMATION, AND THE PRODUCTS OF RESEARCH, TO FACILITATE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES RELATING TO VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT STATE AND LOCAL…

The Essential Learning Skills Television Project is developing 60 15-minute programs and related print materials designed to blend and review math and language skills while focusing on the reasoning process. (Author/IRT)

This three- to four-week unit for use with secondary students in courses in politics or modern world history generates a basic understanding about the origins, development, and status of the revolution in Iran. (RM)

The demands placed upon school personnel by Public Law 94-142 are discussed. Activities of a National Support Systems Project which resulted in identification of capabilities required of teachers and development of resource units to help teacher educators meet that need are described. A list of unit topics is included. (PP)

In the communities dealing with the design and implementation of on-line teaching and training (higher education, government, industry), SCORM is a hot topic these days. The "Sharable Content Object Reference Model" is a standard for the packaging and deployment of Web-based "learning objects," defined by Bob Banks as "a relatively small, reusable…

These proceedings contain the papers of the 10th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, in Madrid, Spain, February 28-March 2, 2014. The Mobile Learning 2014 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and…

"One-to-one" technology enhanced learning research refers to the design and investigation of learning environments and learning activities where every learner is equipped with at least one portable computing device enabled by wireless capability. G1:1 is an international research community coordinated by a network of laboratories conducting…

This curriculum guide is the third (Series III) in a six-volume set that comprises the Sea Week Curriculum Series developed in Alaska. The book lends itself to the second-grade level but can be adapted to preschool, secondary, and adult education. Ten units contain 77 activities with worksheets that cover the following topics: (1) introduction to…

For over 50 years, the primary goal of Smokey Bear has been to introduce the forest fire prevention message to young children. This learning kit provides the K-3 teacher with activities and resources to help students learn about Smokey Bear and fire safety, about forests as habitats, and about what they can do to protect forests. Students are…

This packet is designed to assist teachers in creating a tropical animals lesson plan that centers around a visit to the zoo. A teacher packet is divided into eight parts: (1) goals and objectives; (2) what to expect at the zoo; (3) student activities (preparatory activities, on-site activities, and follow-up activities); (4) background…

Chronicling a year-long project to study fantasy literature, this book presents essays, teaching units, student writing, and "jack tales." The project chronicled in the book consisted of a 3-week intensive study program for librarians and teachers of grades 2 through 7 throughout the Appalachian region, followed up by two more meetings…

Chronicling a year-long project to study fantasy literature, this book presents essays, teaching units, student writing models, and "jack tales." The project chronicled in the book consisted of a 4-week intensive study program for librarians and teachers of grades 2 through 7 throughout the Appalachian region, followed up by two more…

How the Korean peninsula came to be divided in 1945 is discussed, and the stalemated situation that has existed since that time is described. This brief history is followed by lesson plans for grades 6-12. The lesson plans include goals and objectives, activities, and assessment techniques for teaching the following concepts: (1) territorial…