The elective quinmester art course, designed for grades seven through twelve, focuses on helping students develop an appreciation for sculpture, creative abilities, and "sculptural awareness", i.e., realize the impact that various forms of sculpture in the environment have on individuals. The curriculum guide includes outlined sections…

This health curriculum guide, intended for use with grades seven through nine, places considerable emphasis on the understanding that current knowledge of disease prevention has an impact on the incidence of prevalence of communicable diseases. The contents of the guide are presented in outline form and cover historical development of man's…

The primary goal of the ninth and tenth grade segment of the Ohio Career Development Model is to provide experience related to career areas chosen for exploration by the student and emphasizing individualized activities. One activity is suggested for each of the 15 USOE occupational clusters. For each of these activities the developmental…

The guidelines for integrating career development at the junior high school level were prepared at a local career development workshop and include ideas for teachers developing programs and wishing to provide career experiences for their students. The guide briefly discusses the career development model and concepts, with suggestions for teachers.…

The curriculum guide for Special Education is based on the Career Conscious Individual Career Education Model, designed to create career consciousness in students in all educational levels; to help them develop necessary life competencies, attitudes, and values; to assist them in visualizing possible careers; and to analyze and relate these roles…

The handbook was developed to allow teachers to take advantage of the ideas of persons participating in the Zoo Project for Handicapped Children, in which educationally and mentally handicapped children received language arts instruction organized around the use of animals at the zoo site and in classrooms. The first section of the handbook lists…

This guide is designed to assist educators in developing an environmental education program for use in the ninth and tenth grades. The program guidelines focus on the potential dropout, encouraging the student to continue his education, but also exposing him to environmental understandings that contribute to positive environmental action…

This manual describes the Rachel Carson Project, an attempt to introduce environmental education lessons and units into the existing courses of study within a high school. The document provides a rationale for proceeding in this manner rather than implementing environmental education through the introduction of new courses. Included is a…

This unit, written for seventh-grade school children, focuses on the variety of factors that are involved in land utilization. It specifically examines land use in St. Louis County, Missouri, and discusses such concepts as the variety of ways man has used this land, the influence surface features have on land use, the influence of socio-cultural…

This environmental curriculum guide is designed for teacher use in the third grade. A collection of multidisciplinary activities, guidelines for conducting field trips, and a resource section are included. The activities are organized within three categories--awareness, man's use, and problem solving. They are designed to provide the student with…

This environmental curriculum guide is designed for teacher use in the sixth grade. A collection of multidisciplinary activities, guidelines for conducting field trips, and a resource section are included. The activities are organized within three categories--awareness, man's use, and problem solving. They are designed to provide the student with…

This environmental education module focuses on forests and man, and contains a series of papers which deal with topics related to forest ecology and conservation. The module is designed around the four following ideas: (1) the kinds of plants and animals and the roles they have in the forest environment; (2) using concepts of food webs and energy…

A curriculum guide for the San Diego Unified School District is designed for secondary teachers interested in implementing a legal education program. Objectives are not only to acquaint, but also to help average students understand legal matters that will concern them for the rest of their lives. Suggested teaching activities encourage student…

The bulletin was prepared as a guide for school administrators and teachers of industrial arts in the elementary and secondary schools of Mississippi. Chapter 1 discusses the philosophy and goals of arts education and defines terms used in the guide. Chapter 2 gives specific information pertaining to organizing and administering an industrial arts…

Indiana's goal for education is that every young person leaving or completing his school program should be ready for higher education or have a salable skill for entering useful and rewarding employment. This concept has been embodied within the Career Education Curriculum Guide and the State Career Education Model. The guide has derived, from the…