Guides and resources in this kit are prepared for a six week to two month secondary voter education course. The objectives are to prepare and motivate eligible students to register and vote in the presidential election, to participate in the presidential election campaigning, and to increase their overall knowledge concerning the presidential…

The Maine Curriculum Guide for Career Education's (K-12) task is to provide Maine educators with a model for developing concepts, activities, and resource materials that will infuse Career Education in all Maine schools. Chapter One explains the various aspects of career education, covering its components, definition, rationale, and program…

The career exploration program for grades 9 through 10, as part of a comprehensive K through 10 career development program, attempts to develop an awareness of and appreciation for work, extend knowledge of the variety of career opportunities, and provide experiences in career areas of individual interest. The document, a collection of materials…

Volume 5 of the six-volume articulated elementary education career guide deals with the appreciation--attitudes, decision making, educational awareness, and employability levels of career awareness and aims at developing student social self-fulfillment, career decisions, educational identity, and career placement. The lessons in the volume are…

The guide presents instructional units aimed at developing career education for grades K-2. Each unit provides detailed objectives, activities, resources, and evaluations, and in some units the objectives are further detailed in relationship to the following subjects: mathematics, language arts, social studies, guidance, music, physical education,…

The guide presents instructional units aimed at developing career education for grades 3-6. Each unit provides detailed objectives, activities, resources, and evaluations, and in some units the objectives are further detailed in relationship to the following subjects: mathematics, language arts, social studies, guidance, music, physical education,…

One of three guides for teachers developed by the AIR Career Education Curriculum Development Project, the manual is designed to assist primary grade teachers in introducing career education into their classrooms. Part 1 presents the philosophy of career education and an overview of how it fits into the total curricular program for grades K-9. The…

Described is a team teaching noncategorical practicum experience for education and psychology students, aides, and parents of multihandicapped children ages 4 to 13 years. Reviewed are the advantages (such as greater teacher flexibility and increased exposure to other adults) of a clearly defined and organized team teaching approach. Reported are…

Primary sources such as diaries and census data from early nineteenth-century Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts are the basis for this set of resource packets. These supplementary packets, adaptable to various grade levels, help students explore questions about the pace of work in a rural society, the role of individuals in a farm family,…

The central theme of this ideabook on the Bicentennial is the extension of the human rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to the United States and the rest of the world. The ideabook is divided into three sections. Section one describes 17 proposed projects based upon a central Bicentennial program entitled "A Declaration of…

Violent protest by blacks, youth, and labor is the focus of the third unit of the 11th grade FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271). The unit examines how violent protest has affected social change in the United States in politics, institutions, and behavior. Specifically the unit includes civil rights case studies;…

Goals, activities, methods, and techniques are suggested in this 1969 document for improving instruction in the language arts for the migrant child. The first of the 3 sections of the book deals with those behavioral goals of particular significance for teachers working with nursery, kindergarten, and beginning first-grade children. The second…

A brief history is given of the Johnson-O'Malley Act, which provides funds for Indian children attending public schools, and Nevada's plan for distribution of these funds is discussed. Procedures for determination of state apportionment for Nevada public schools are included, as are the beneficiaries of the special fund allocations. Basic…

The problem of teaching culture in language classes is reflected in the criticism directed to the current Part 4 section of the Regents foreign language examination given in the State of New York. This paper, the result of a panel discussion on culture, proposes changes in the examinations and proposes new directions in the study of culture.…

Emphasizing the newspaper's influence on people's lives and opinions and its role in preserving a democratic government, this teaching guide attempts to promote student understanding and appreciation of the functions, service, and responsibilities of the press. Units for grades 7-12 focus on particular aspects of the newspaper: introduction to the…