This curriculum guide describes a quinmester course which provides a workshop for students interested in writing poetry and which emphasizes the encouragement of individual writing styles. Student performance objectives which are listed include: expressing ideas about words, phrases, pictures, sounds, and/or emotional experiences in a poetic…

Twenty kindergarten children, identified as being at high risk for future learning disabilities (LD) were matched with a control group on the basis of age, sex, IQ, and cognitive scores and were provided with a highly structured sequential curriculum aimed at remediating deficits identified in the screening process. Among skills evaluated by the…

A lab course in media production for secondary school students is described. The objectives of the course are to learn: 1) to utilize different techniques in writing radio and television assignments; 2) to describe the functions of production personnel and equipment; 3) to define the organization of a production facility; 4) to operate audiovisual…

In this curriculum guide, courses in a three-phase community college program for training import automobile technicians are provided. Following an introducation to the guide, the background of the development of the program, the program, the instruction, support for instruction, and the import automobile industry are discussed. Sample options for…

This booklet brings the student some knowledge of drugs and how they are used and abused by people. Fourteen lessons for independent study are presented. Each lesson starts with a pretest for self-assessment purposes. If the score on the pretest indicates the student would benefit from further study on the particular lesson, general subject matter…

The ultimate objective of the proposed Appalachian Adult Basic Education (ABE) Teacher-Trainer Reading Wrokshop is to improve the reading ability of the rural, disadvantaged population in Appalachia. In order to achieve this goal, a teacher-trainer workshop in reading is proposed. A team of four experienced adult basic educators will be selected…

This publication is a syllabus for a senior high school chemistry course designed for the average ability, nonscience major. The content of the syllabus is divided into three basic core areas: Area I: Similarities and Dissimilarities of Matter (9 weeks); Area II: Preparation and Separation of Substances (10 weeks); Area III: Structure and…

Outlines for six "mini-courses" for German 4 and 5 are presented in this teacher's guide. Eligible students are permitted to select four of the six, 10-week courses for a full year's academic credit. The courses include: (1) German for travelers, (2) German-speaking lands and America, (3) introduction to scientific German, (4) the German-speaking…

This curriculum guide is specifically designed for the slow learning students in grade 10. It is one of a series of course guides for grades 6-11. The intent of the curricular designers was to outline mathematical experiences which would be appropriate for the characteristics of these students. The areas of mathematical content included are: 1)…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 9-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Communism. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has five units: 1) "Historical Background of Communism," which gives a brief chronology of events from Czarist Russia to the present day and outlines the organization of the government and the Communist party; 2) "Communism in…

GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten. SUBJECT MATTER: Complete curriculum. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has the following chapters: 1) What It Means To Be a Five-Year Old; 2) Planning the Kindergarten Environment; 3) Suggestions for Particular Content Areas--Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Art, Music, Physical…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Physical education, including team sports, stunts, tumbling and gymnastics, track and field, swimming, individual and dual sports, physical education for the handicapped, outdoor education, and rhythmic activities. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into 16 chapters, each of…

GRADES OR AGES: Secondary grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Oral communications. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The central portion of the guide is divided into five units: public speaking, voice and diction, drama, oral interpretation, and radio-television. Each unit is in straight text or list form. The guide is offset printed and perfect-bound…

A course titled "Interdisciplinary Research in Mass Communication," drawing on law, business, economics, and communication, was offered at Stanford. This syllabus presents the seven topics considered in the course: the citizen's need to know, the new communication media, privacy, media concentration, access, advertising and consumerism,…

Utilizing a behavioral approach toward drug problems, this teacher's guide offers a comprehensive curriculum for drug abuse education in grades four through twelve. Specific curriculums are suggested for each of the lower grades--four, five, and six--and general ones for junior high and senior high school grades. Fundamental concepts are presented…