Designed to be used with modules 1 through 5, this seventh in a series of twelve modules presents sex equity teaching strategies unique to the distributive education classroom. Strategies are grouped by sex equity guideline categories: art, language, and content. In addition to specific strategies, instructional suggestions based on common…

Designed to be used with modules 1 through 5, this eighth in a series of twelve modules presents sex equity teaching strategies unique to the health occupations education classroom. Strategies are grouped by sex equity guideline categories: art, language, and content. In addition to specific strategies, instructional suggestions based on common…

Designed to be used with modules 1 through 5, this twelfth in a series of twelve modules presents sex equity teaching strategies unique to the trade and industrial education classroom. Strategies are grouped by sex equity guideline categories: art, language, and content. In addition to specific strategies, instructional suggestions based on common…

This manual is intended for use by adopters or adapters of a media-oriented arts and humanities program designed to train teachers in the techniques of humanizing the general curriculum. It contains lesson plans for grade seven that are geared to the curriculum areas of language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. The art areas covered…

Written for use with junior high school students, this handbook links natural ecological issues with language arts instruction. It contains a series of lesson plans, each offering a number of suggested learning activities for use both in and out of class. The lessons are built around 12 major environmental concepts that form a framework for each…

Twenty more effective and twenty less effective teachers were studied to determine if they differed in the ways they plan for instruction. The effectiveness of the teachers was determined by their ability to affect gains in reading and mathematics over two weeks of instruction with a specially designed curriculum unit. Four variables were noted as…

To be used by sixth grade teachers in preparing their classes for the Multnomah County, Oregon, Outdoor School Program, the guide to the Student Preparation Workbook provides general information, descriptions, game materials, and answers to exercises and puzzles. The guide is divided into four resource areas: soil, water, plants, and animals. Each…

THIS YEARBOOK IS INTENDED TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT TRENDS, ISSUES, AND PROBLEMS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES. CHAPTER I EXAMINES THE CURRENT CHALLENGE TO SOCIAL STUDIES, DISCUSSES THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PURPOSES OF AN EFFECTIVE SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAM, AND PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE YEARBOOK'S CONTENTS. CHAPTER II EXAMINES ISSUES…

RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING SUPPORTS THE BELIEF THAT LANGUAGE STUDY SHOULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS KINDERGARTEN OR THE FIRST GRADE. EARLY TRAINING IN LANGUAGE STUDY CAN ENHANCE AND REINFORCE THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN AREAS SUCH AS SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, OR READING. THEREFORE, WITH THE SPANISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE, IT IS LOGICAL TO TEACH…

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS, DESCRIPTIONS OF PROCEDURES, AND SAMPLES OF RECORDS, LESSON PLANS, EXERCISES, TEST ITEMS, AND ACTIVITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS GUIDE FOR BEGINNING TEACHERS. THE GUIDE IS ORGANIZED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER TITLES -- (1) LEARNING ABOUT THE CHILD, (2) CLASS ORGANIZATION, (3) BECOMING ACQUAINTED WITH MATERIALS, (4) GETTING…

Designed for inservice training, the guide provides basic information from which teachers of the educable mentally retarded can develop their own instructional program in social studies. The focus is on developing respect for law and authority. Suggestions are made for both incidental and systematic teaching. Three starter units for teaching law…

This curriculum guide accompanies a business ownership and management curriculum designed for the prevocational and exploratory grade levels (grades 7-9). An explanation of the need for such a curriculum, an overview of the curriculum, and instructions for using this guide are included in the three introductory sections. Major content consists of…

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 bicycling for grades 9-12. It contains forty-four learning activities grouped into eight…

Promoting understandings in outdoor science and conservation is the primary goal of the Los Angeles County Outdoor School as presented in this guide to its five-day resident program for elementary school pupils. The purpose of various program components is briefly described, including hikes, cabin living, campfires, conservation projects, crafts,…

The booklet is for participants in a Project GROW (Gaining the Realities of Work) career education inservice training session and is part of a package which includes slide/tape presentations, handouts, a game, and graded classroom activity packs. Three sequential modules comprise the training session; the third module is to be postponed until…