In the conviction that oral/aural skills are a key element in language mastery, this booklet is intended to provide teachers with graded exercises for developing these skills in students from kindergarten to grade eight. The exercises are intended for practice in rapid listening training, and provide examples for teachers to expand and adapt…

One of a series of instructional packets to aid schools in reducing sex stereotypes, this outreach packet is designed to inform and stimulate community support and encourage women in their attempt to assess and reenter the work world. Materials are suggested for use in forty-five to sixty minutes. Contents include a leader's script (material to be…

THE COURSE IS IN TWO PARTS. IN PART 1, A PROGRAM OF 60 HOURS COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS FLIGHT PRINCIPLES, AIRCRAFT OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE, NAVIGATION, THE FLIGHT COMPUTER, RADIO GUIDANCE AND COMMUNICATION, WEATHER, FLIGHT INFORMATION PUBLICATIONS, FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS, THE AIRWAY SYSTEM, FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, AND FLIGHT PLANNING. THE TOPICS…

A UNIT OF STUDY FOR MODERN MATH WAS DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR A SMOOTHER TRANSITION FROM OLD TEXTBOOKS INTO THE NEW SILVER BURDETT SERIES, "MODERN ARITHMETIC THROUGH DISCOVERY." EACH CONCEPT PRESENTED IS BASED UPON FAMILIAR CONCEPTS, DEVELOPED GRADUALLY, AND DIRECTED TOWARD PARTICULAR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. THE FIRST CONCEPT DEVELOPED IS…

The document describes the ALPS (Advanced Learning Packages) program for teaching gifted students. Introductory materials provide information on teacher requirements, school requirements, ALPS teacher orientation responsibilities, orientation week, field trip procedures, gifted money available, ALPS costs, ALPS evaluations, the Structure of…

This booklet provides: (1) background information on the traditional celebration of the Chinese New Year and on the Chinese New Year Festival as celebrated in the United States; (2) a three day lesson plan which focuses, respectively, on the Chinese New Year Festival in San Francisco, a field trip to San Francisco's Chinatown, and the Chinese…

This paper recommends that poetry rather than other literary forms be used to teach creative reading and writing to young children. The advantages of using poetry are described as follows: inhibitions are overcome quickly; opportunities for a wider range and more complex level of student achievement are created; high quality pieces of writing are…

This is a manual of lesson plans developed for the upper elementary grades as part of a comprehensive career education program called Career Achievement Skills Training (CAST) developed by the Pontiac Public School Personnel, Pontiac, Michigan. These lessons include two components: (1) student procedure sheets--behavioral and sequential steps…

This is a manual of lesson plans developed by 38 teachers for the lower elementary grades as part of a comprehensive career education program called Career Achievement Skills Training (CAST) developed by the Pontiac Public School Personnel, Pontiac, Michigan. These lessons include two components: (1) student procedure sheets--behavioral and…

The learning package is intended for students in grades 9-12, and may also be used with junior high school students. Prepared for independent study use in consumer education courses, the package gears learning activities around a list of specific resource materials. A teacher's section outlines: statement of idea, learning objectives,…

This course outline in printing and preparing graphics represents an accumulation of materials and information based on the experiences of the author in the field for the past 18 years. The document opens with an orientation section which outlines class organization, reviews shop facilities, and states objectives for the course and the students.…

This document is an internal proposal for the Intravisitation Program, to be added to the Fordham Advocacy Community Organizer Teacher Training Program. The underlying rationale for the program is that observation of creative and well-planned lessons would be of invaluable service to trainees. The intravisitation schedule would evolve after…

The second of six volumes on leadership training for noncommissioned Army officers (NCOs) this document contains a resume of Task NCO; a briefing on the NCO leader preparation course; a synopsis of three films; a program of instruction for the leadership committee; and the proposed schedule for the leadership preparation committeeman course. (See…

This bulletin suggests teaching procedures for a tenth-grade geometry course. An introduction states general objectives and discusses the nature of inductive and deductive thinking. Lesson outlines follow which give a statement of objectives and a plan for development. Major lesson groupings are congruent triangles, parallel lines, quadrilaterals,…

An instructor's guide and lesson plans for classroom instruction of women in the Army's Human Self-Development Program are provided. The topic of this pamphlet is "Our Moral Heritage." Each of the six chapters of the guide have the same format, as follows: Outline, Instructor's Resource Material, Lesson Plan, and Instructional Aids. The…