The guide is designed for use by agricultural instructors, administrators, supervisors, school boards, and others who are involved in planning instructional programs for vocational agriculture/agribusiness education in high schools and adult education. Part 1 details information pertaining to the administrative aspects of program development,…

The guide book has been prepared to assist teachers with career orientation for grades seven, eight, and nine. There are two parts to each unit in the guidebook: (1) the teacher section consists of teacher objectives, suggested teaching activities, factors to consider, and references: (2) the student section consists of student behavioral…

The guideline presents two 12-week courses involving an interdisciplinary, partly coeducational, prevocational career exploration program in consumer and homemaking and industrial arts at the eighth grade level, and also a supplementary mathematics program. It is designed to give students an opportunity to explore occupations for themselves and to…

As part of a concerted effort by the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve and upgrade the effectiveness of their nationwide highway safety program, a basic training program for police traffic services was developed. The guide contains a description of the overall training program; suggestions for course planning including the scheduling of…

The guide's concepts are designed as ideas that could be used to develop various career education concepts and objectives at the kindergarten level. The activities are to be integrated into the existing curriculum, sequenced, and adapted to meet the needs of all people involved in education at the local school. The purpose of the guideline, a K-6…

This revised curriculum guide was prepared to help speech teachers and administrators gain greater sensitivity to the importance of speech education in the curriculum and to provide a digest of the characteristics and instructional practices which could contribute to superior speech education programs. The topics of the first nine chapters are…

This curriculum guide is a 40-day unit plan on water pollution developed, in part, from the National Science Foundation Environmental Science Institutes' Ninth Grade Environmental Science Curriculum Guide. This unit contains teacher lesson plans, suggested teacher and student modules, case studies, and activities to be developed by teachers…

The history of North Carolina from 1763 to 1789 and the issue of state rights are covered in this resource unit. This unit is applicable to a unit on the Bicentennial. The authors have chosen the central theme of state's rights to trace through the specific time period because it is a connecting thread between the opening and closing events of the…

The goals of career education at the junior high school level are self-knowledge and an awareness of the occupational world. The curriculum guide provides an integrated approach to career instruction. The introduction presents major objectives for the program and key concepts for career education. An overview of grade 8 lesson guides presents the…

This curriculum guide outlines materials and ideas for a one-year exploratory course in Spanish. In attempting to reach the broadest possible range of students in the community, emphasis is placed on individualized instruction, human relationships, options, and new processes for achieving greater comprehension and continuing understanding. The…

This manual is the first in a series of Alcohol and Alcohol Safety Curriculum Manuals for use by teachers and curriculum developers. Geared to the elementary grade level, the objective of the manual is to promote responsible present and future decisions about alcohol. Emphasis has been placed on driver and pedestrian safety in recognition of the…

This manual is the third in a series of Alcohol and Alcohol Safety Curriculum Manuals for use by teachers and curriculum developers. Geared to the senior high school level, the objective of the manual is the promoting of responsible decisions about alcohol use. Emphasis is placed on driver and pedestrian safety in consonance with the concern and…

Four curriculum units for the first grade level focus on: (1) grocers' role and functions; (2) school staff roles and their relationship to the student; (3) various community workers' roles and their contributions; and (4) the farmers' role and the problems they face. Behavioral unit objectives emphasize increasing students' awareness of and…

The three curriculum units for the fourth grade level focus on: (1) conservation careers, systems, and needs; (2) occupational variety and qualifications; and (3) self awareness. Behavioral objectives range from helping students to become more aware of careers in a variety of occupations, including conservation. A chart format is used to list…

The curriculum unit was used in a two-week pilot program on leisure industries. The class met five periods per week for forty minutes per period. Behavioral objectives specify that students will be able: (1) to define leisure, vacation, rest, relaxation, avocation, secondary career, service industry, and leisure or recreation industry; (2) to…