This guide presents in four sections a course of study in social studies for use in Alabama for grades K-12. Section one includes a rationale for teaching social studies; a listing of management, methods, and content characteristics of a good social studies program; and an extensive list of social studies objectives. Some objectives of the program…

The companion to a publication presenting new state standards for Oregon public schools, this brief assistance manual attempts to help school districts interpret some of the standards, to further elaborate on instructional programs described in the standards, to recommend more specific curriculum and program resources for districts to consider in…

The first of three volumes presenting a curriculum designed to help nonhandicapped students understand students with disabilities focuses on the use of literature to foster that understanding in junior and senior high. The first section examines literature in high school, and presents lessons (theme, objectives, and discussion guides) for five…

This guide presents lesson plans for remedial writing classes for students who have failed the New York Regents Competency or Preliminary Competency Test in Writing. The guide consists of four units that cover: (1) organizing and reporting skills; (2) more advanced report writing skills; (3) persuasion; and (4) the persuasive essay based upon…

This manual provides program objectives for instructors teaching cosmetology courses in junior and senior high Department of Defense Dependents Schools. The manual begins with a description of the cosmetology program offered in the Dependents Schools. Following an illustrated description of a suggested cosmetology laboratory is the main part of…

This document, one of eight in a multi-cultural competency-based vocational/technical curricula series, is on fiberglass technician. This program covers 12 instructional areas: orientation, safety, introduction to fiberglass-reinforced plastics, hand lay-up, introduction to equipment operation, chopper operation, gel-coat equipment, finish and…

This document, one of eight in a multi-cultural competency-based vocational/technical curricula series, is on machine trades. This program is designed to run 36 weeks and cover 6 instructional areas: use of measuring tools; benchwork/tool bit grinding; lathe work; milling work; precision grinding; and combination machine work. A duty-task index…

One of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting, this subcourse covers information on food service in a club and is designed for student self-study with objectives, text, and self-graded tests and answers. Five lessons included in this…

The leader's manual for the curriculum guide is designed to help multidisciplinary, multiagency, or single agency groups understand and organize effective community action against child abuse and neglect. Goals; objectives; rationale; equipment, space and staff requirements; teaching reminders; and titles of resource materials are listed for each…

Twenty-five lesson plans for a third-year electrical apprentice technical training program are presented in this instructor's manual. Also included are student worksheets and information sheets for each lesson, and copies of unit tests. (Answers to the worksheets and tests are provided.) The lesson plans are generally organized into four steps:…

In this framework, emphasis is placed on ways school personnel can change science instruction and motivate student interest more effectively. The document is organized into four chapters and six appendices. Chapter one discusses the acquisition and organization of knowledge in respect to developing broad generalizations and concepts. It defines…

This guide contains concept-based activities in economics for use with students in grades one through three. One component of a two-part publication, the guide demonstrates how the conceptual structure of the economics discipline presented in the first publication (ED 148 648) can be used to help students at the primary grade level make more…

This curriculum guide on individual and family resource management is one of a set of five Oregon goal-based home economics curriculum guides. Provided in this guide are the following: one suggested district goal (students will be able to make rational decisions in managing personal and family resources), six suggested program goals (e.g., the…

The teaching of sex-role stereotyping issues in an educational psychology course for student teachers is discussed. Issues presented include influences on the learner, the teaching of sex roles and stereotypes in the elementary grades, the presence of role models at home and school, contributions of curriculum to sex-role stereotyping and the…

This publication is a resource guide to energy education and conservation materials and organizations. The stated purpose of this guide is to make teachers and other interested citizens of Oregon aware of some of the resources and sources of information on energy conservation education that are available in Oregon and in the United States and…