This curriculum guide contains outlines for short courses in poetry, prose narrative, the personal essay, and the short story. Each outline lists objectives, the content emphasized, class activities, means of evaluating student performance, and the length of time for the short course. The last section of the guide presents the requirements for…

This teaching and resource unit on Mexican Americans is specifically designed for advanced Spanish students. Though it is presented mostly in English, it is to be implemented for the most part in Spanish, according to the methodology set forth in "A Curriculum Guide in Spanish (Levels III-V)." The main purpose of the unit is to increase student…

This curriculum guide gives a brief review of the relation of business to the community and an introduction to problems in organizing a small business. These problems include basic long-range decisions: type of financing, need for the business, and method of financing. The document also focuses on the more immediate problems of location, housing,…

This course outline is presented to provide the major appliance service student with a fundamental knowledge of the procedures necessary to repair a refrigerator using information on electrical circuitry and mechanical functioning components. The course may be taught in 90 or 135 clock hours, depending on the amount of detail presented and the…

A curriculum guide for teachers to the "Bread and Butterflies" series of 15 television programs on career development for 9-to-12-year-olds is given. For each program the goals and themes are stated, and the content is summarized. Then activities are suggested for students falling in level 1, beginners, or in level 2, students already…

The beginning course involves the student with practices in plumbing, referring to the various systems of pipes and tubes that carry liquids and gases from a source to a building. Course content includes goals, specific objectives, orientation, selecting hardware, tools and equipment, prescription for faulty fixtures, and plumbing installations.…

See SO 007 721 for an introduction to the Visual Arts Education Curriculum of which this course in jewelry design is a part. In the course students further skills in forming complex objects through experience with casting, bezeling stones, and welding. Course content includes an historical perspective on jewelry production and advanced methods in…

The Quinmester Visual Arts Education Curriculum, of which this is one course of study, is described in SO 007 721. In this course on kinetic sculpture, or three dimensional forms that move, students become familiar with sculpturing techniques and vocabulary, with four kinetic sculptors and their work, with correct and professional attitudes toward…

The course is constructed to develop speed and accuracy in taking dictation and in transcribing notes; to develop desirable personal traits and awareness of responsibility for proofreading and correcting errors before submitting typewritten transcripts for approval. Course content includes (1) typing technique, (2) typing fundamental skills, (3)…

The 135 clock-hour course for the 11th year consists of outlines for blocks of instruction on series resonant circuits, parallel resonant circuits, transformer theory and application, vacuum tube fundamentals, diode vacuum tubes, triode tube construction and parameters, vacuum tube tetrodes and pentodes, beam-power and multisection tubes, and…

This curriculum guide was written with the intention of providing continuity to the Wilmington, Massachusetts, reading program--grades kindergarten through twelve. The skills and suggestions presented are adaptable to all reading materials currently available in Wilmington. The skills are meant to be developed in grades kindergarten through third…

Bilingual education (BE) has long been established in Mexico, Peru, the U.S.S.R., the Philippines, and a number of other nations in order to teach both the vernacular and official languages. In the United States, BE has received increased attention since the passage of the National Bilingual Education Act and Title VII legislation. Evaluation…

This course explores questions of why we have taxes and how they benefit people. Various other taxes (local, State and Federal, property, income, excise, and inheritance taxes) are dealt with. There is no specific prerequisite for this course, but it is recommended that students enroll in other consumer economics and business mathematics courses…

The course outline has been prepared as a guide to assist the instructor in systematically planning and presenting a variety of meaningful lessons to facilitate the necessary training for the machine shop student. The materials are designed to enable the student to learn the manipulative skills and related knowledge necessary to understand…

This curriculum guide discusses the Burlingame High School English Department policies, procedures, and course offerings (phased English courses and selective/elective course offerings). Minimum requirements and booklists for leveled English, selective booklists and media lists, elective booklists, senior elective booklists, film order…