GRADES OR AGES: Grade 3. SUBJECT MATTER: Arithmetic, social studies, language arts, spelling, writing, literature, reading, science and health, art, and physical education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide gives suggested weekly and daily time allotments. One chapter is devoted to each subject, with additional chapters on language…

The guide describes the components of a comprehensive infant program for hearing impaired children 0-3 years of age and their parents. Primary focus is upon a home-centered, parent-guided, natural language approach to learning, based upon the child's daily activities. An interdisciplinary professional staff guides the parents in the individually…

Information about American Indians for use in Minnesota second-grade classrooms is presented in this curriculum unit completed as a requirement for a University of Minnesota extension course in Indian education for public school teachers. Objectives are listed for the areas of understandings, attitudes, and skills. Some learning experiences for…

This paper is the first of three reports based on four years (1965-1969) with a research preschool for disadvantaged blacks on Chicago's Westside. The nine chapters included are titled: (1) Foundations for Planning Preschool Programs--a Position Statement, (2) Curriculum: The Translation of Learning Goals into Teaching Practice, (3) The…

GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Social science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes an explanation of the rationale, definitions of the social science core disciplines, glossary of terms, guidelines for teaching, and descriptions of concepts. The main body of the guide is designed in a five-column…

This report reviews the Compton Bilingual Plan during its third year of operation at Thomas Jefferson High School in South Central Los Angeles. After a brief introduction giving background on the program, the second section describes in some detail major activity of 1971-72. This section includes a narrative report, a description of project…

The teacher's edition for the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study Level III unit entitled "Well-Being" provides instructions for teachers. The main thrust of this unit is on examining some principles of human physiology and how these are affected by various substances. A brief introduction dealing with concepts of food, smoking,…

This program guide contains detailed syllabi for over fifty elective courses in a five-phase program for grades ten through twelve. Focusing on instruction in language, grammar, composition, and literature, it describes courses on such subjects as "Concepts in Language and Composition,""Teenage Tales,""American Folklore…

This curriculum guide describes a high school English program structured to meet the needs of the homeless boys of Boys Town, Nebraska. The program is individualized, designed to provide as much tutorial help as possible. The general goals of the program are to improve communication skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The guide…

This curriculum guide to English instruction in grades seven through twelve moves from discussions of theory to discussions of practice. Section I deals with various aspects of planning and classroom operation from an examination of English as a subject of study to basic rationales for deciding what to teach and methods for evaluating instruction.…

This curriculum guide is intended to introduce elementary school students to Greek mythology. The authors suggest that the selections be presented by the teacher as lively and imaginative stories; the more abstract aspects of the myths should be largely ignored until students reach the junior high school level. In addition to the myths themselves,…

This curriculum guide is intended to introduce fifth and sixth grade children to the study of poetry. Separate units include discussion of, suggested activities for, and questions about (1) metrics and scansion; (2) rhyme scheme and stanza; (3) diction, denotation and connotation, and onomatopoeia; (4) rhyme (end rhyme, masculine and feminine…

Computer Assisted Remedial Education (CARE) I was developed to provide a college level computer-assisted instruction (CAI) course dealing with the identification and diagnosis of handicapping conditions in children. This third volume is a syllabus describing the content and objectives of each instructional frame of the course. The purpose and…

Developed through the Career Options Research and Development (CORD) Project and based on an analysis of 200 YMCA jobs, this syllabus includes training designed to improve the career mobility of YMCA employees. Topics include: (1) Fundamentals of Financial Development, (2) Techniques in Board and Committee Development, (3) Building Management, (4)…

In addition to providing current information on resources in health, education, and welfare available to residents of the South Suburban sector of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, this manual also serves as a basic text for a human services core curriculum course in community resources which is required of students preparing to become social service…