Prepared by an instructor and curriculum specialists, this course of study was designed to meet individual needs of the dropout and/or hard-core unemployed youth by providing skill training, related information, and supportive services knowledge in small engine maintenance and repair. Students enrolled in this course work independently on a…

To clarify the role of dialect in the ever-changing English language and to demonstrate its relationship to efficient communication, this curriculum guide has been organized around an outline which includes the examination of such topics as exploration of regional dialects, geography of pronunciation differences, geographic and regional assessment…

Guidelines for an entire school system to implement an outdoor education program in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades are presented in this 1968 document. General and specific objectives are given, followed by concepts and suggested learning experiences for use in the areas of science (including living things, weather, and conservation), math, language…

This course of study for the educable mentally retarded is one of three publications designed to provide for the sequential development of well adjusted, contributing, and self-supporting members of the community. It provides a developmental outline of learning activities and suggestions relating to instructional procedures. The specific…

This guide for primary teachers of history, geography, and civics provides them with a comprehensive view of the social studies. The emphasis is on the integration of the various social sciences toward the end of producing a student with a well rounded and international outlook. The guide contains five sections: 1) general considerations for the…

Twelve high school curriculum guides for English grammar, rated superior by a committee of the National Council of Teachers of English, were examined. An effort was made to define the grammatical position of each guide as agreeing with school grammar, scholarly traditional grammar, structural linguistic grammar, or transformational generative…

Designed for teachers of educable mentally handicapped adolescents (grades 10, 11, 12), the guide provides basic resource units, outlines for each unit and duties of the teacher, and supportive materials to be used. Supervised work experience is coordinated with classroom instruction as well. The guide complements the two books of the three volume…

The implementation of instruction in vocational, adult, and continuing education, as prescribed in recent federal legislation, will be facilitated by this curriculum guide. The specific focus is on vocational office education programs in supervisory and administrative occupations. The guide contains suggested teaching units for 17 areas of general…

For use with the profoundly and severely retarded, the guide to physical education curriculum describes methods and techniques, objectives, and core activities. The following are also considered: supplementary activities for the hyperactive and emotionally disturbed; suggestions for the teacher; and evaluation, including records, motor skills…

This curriculum guide examines aspects essential to the development and maintenance of FLES (Foreign Language in the Elementary School) programs with particular respect to the teaching of German. Sections include: (1) a rationale for FLES, (2) basic factors in developing a program, (3) patterns of program organization, (4) teachers, (5) FLES in…

The curriculum guide is introduced by a history and identification information for the trainable mentally handicapped. Each area of instruction presents the importance of the unit, objectives, an outline of content, sources of information, evaluation techniques, and the work-study skills integrated into the unit. Areas included are self care,…

This article examines the nature of course outlines and the means of attaining a more explicit and comprehensive elaboration of course objectives. A course outline format is suggested, listing 11 items of information. Two German courses are outlined in detail in five major areas. They include: (1) phonology, (2) morphology, (3) syntax, (4)…

GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten. SUBJECT MATTER: Art, health and physical development, language arts, music, number relationships, science, social studies. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has four major sections: programs, administration, program evaluation, and bibliographies. Goals and activities are presented in tabular form. The…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 1-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The main part of the guide contains outlines of the courses for each grade, followed by a chapter on the classroom as a science workplace, and one on the outdoor laboratory. There are four appendixes: A) New Resources from Curriculum Groups, describing…

This curriculum and teaching guide is designed to provide for adult learning in the areas of communication, mathematics, science and health, citizenship and social skills, and occupational opportunities. Typical characteristics of adult basic education students and of successful teachers are noted. Procedures and materials for imparting skills in…