This is a teacher's guide for a module designed to integrate environmental education into ninth- and tenth-grade chemistry classes. The module, pilot tested in Gwinnett County, Georgia in classes of students, many of whom had learning disabilities, emphasizes activity learning and considerable review. The module is divided into four parts. Part…

This planning guide in marketing and distributive education is designed to provide the curriculum coordinator and instructor with a basis for planning a comprehensive program in the career field of marketing. Such programs require competencies in sales, sales promotion, buying, transporting, storing, financing, marketing research, and management.…

This instructional package, developed for the home economics teacher of mainstreamed visually impaired students, provides food preparation lesson plans appropriate for the junior high level. First, teacher guidelines are given, including characteristics of the visually impaired, orienting such students to the classroom, orienting class members to…

Presented is a curriculum guide on daily living skills developed as part of the Adjustment to Blindness Program of the Greater Pittsburgh Guild for the Blind. Objectives and learning activities are described for the following four units: table orientation and eating skills, personal grooming, special needs (including telephone use, money handling,…

This guide contains a variety of interdisciplinary learning activities in environmental education. It was developed by teachers and intended for use in elementary or junior high school programs. The contents are divided into six sections according to subject: (1) Art and Sensitivity; (2) Language Arts; (3) Mathematics; (4) History; (5) Social…

Our society has many misconceptions or stereotyped ideas about elderly people. These stereotyped ideas have from time to time been reflected in literature for both adults and young people. It is the purpose of this course to make secondary level students aware of the stereotyped ideas commonly held about the elderly and to enable them to recognize…

This instructor's lesson plan guide is one of fifteen modules designed for use in the training of emergency medical technicians (EMT). Four units are presented: (1) role of the EMT, including the operation of an emerging medical services system; (2) the laws relevant to EMTs functioning in the field; (3) activities and responsibilities of an EMT…

The National Accreditation Council for Environmental Health Curricula consists of persons from universities with programs in environmental health, and from agencies employing environmental health personnel. The Council has prepared this statement on its aims and purposes, developed criteria, and established operating procedures for an…

This syllabus for a course on community organizations and information transfer provides outlines for these topics: (1) a review of research on community development; (2) identification of organizations in relation to their information environment; (3) information seeking and use behavior of organizations; (4) information seeking and use behavior…

This guide is divided into seven major sections, each representing one of the following fundamental natural resources: (1) soil, (2) air, (3) water, (4) vegetation, (5) wildlife, (6) minerals, and (7) man. Within each of the seven major sections, there are three subsections which provide the following: (1) Background Information; (2) Suggestions…

The developmental unit, intended to become part of a total K-12 career education curriculum, is designed for use at the sixth grade level. It follows an interdisciplinary approach to subject matter, with the primary focus in the social studies area. Providing approximately 20-25 hours of instruction, the unit lends itself to the self-contained…

A course for teaching reading in the secondary school, designed for teachers both with or without previous study in the teaching of reading, is presented in outline form. The course is divided into the following five sections: reading perspectives or theory, secondary programs, assessment, classroom organization, and content-specific…

The teacher's guide presents some of the basic considerations necessary for classroom implementation of a public school program for autistic and seriously emotionally disturbed (ED) children. Included are descriptive infomration about typical ED student's behavior and management techniques for use in the classroom. Also given are basic ideas…

A career education program in the Newark, Delaware, School District is in the process of developing and implementing a K-12 instructional system utilizing a three phase approach: Awareness Phase (K-5), emphasizing career awareness and positive work attitudes; Exploration Phase (6-8), exploring career clusters; Exploration Specialization Phase…

The curriculum guide presents a suggested outline for teaching health occupations in secondary schools in Vermont. It consists of a student/teacher curriculum outline for each of the 20 units. It includes a concept statement, the behavioral objective, suggested learning activities, suggested teacher resource needs, and suggested evaluation…