The document is one of the teaching units developed by the Utah World of Work Project, designed to integrate career awareness into the regular curriculum at the elementary level. The fifth grade guide is tied to the health education area and focuses on the work of the orthodontist in terms of understanding what an orthodontist does, learning what…

The document is one of the teaching units developed by the Utah World of Work Project, designed to integrate career awareness into the regular curriculum at the elementary level. The fifth grade guide is tied to the science area and focuses on conservation as practiced by Forest Service workers; the growth cycle of forests and the management of…

The guide contains a course outline and sample unit plans for a one-semester secondary school-level child development course geared toward career development. The detailed four-page course outline contains the following major headings: personality development and the family, stages of growth and development, techniques and skills in working with…

This unit, designed for eighth-grade school students, combines two sociological factors that affect the environment and the standard of living. Divided into two complete parts, Clothing - Dress and Recreation - Leisure, it examines the interrelationships of people's values and available natural resources. The section on clothing and dress covers…

The development of students in various art fields is the focus of this K-12 art curriculum guide. The philosophy of the art program and the roles of administrator, teacher, and parent are outlined. The underlying school community relationships, and the objective, goals, and purposes of art education are described. Phases of child development in…

The causes of the energy crisis are many, and the solutions are complex. Since every person in the world is affected, every person should have an understanding of the energy shortage problem. This unit is designed around the following two ideas: (1) to develop an understanding of energy and the need for it, and (2) to understand some of the…

The guide, prepared to supplement the existing curriculum, suggests activities for teachers related to three goals: (1) Self Goal: the student developing an awareness of who he/she is and through effective decision-making what he/she can become; (2) Society Goal: the student becoming aware of the interrelationships of society with his/her school,…

This curriculum guide is designed for a course based on the text "ALM Russian," second edition, units 11, 12, and 13. The course focuses on the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as well as on cultural background material. Particular emphasis is placed on developing the student's knowledge of grammar. The guide includes a…

This thesis reviews infant learning literature, describes infant education programs, and discusses Piaget's theory of development. Also presented is a curriculum model which is Piagetian in perspective and includes: (1) information on some psychological foundations of infant education; (2) a planning component explaining appropriate settings,…

As part of a continuing program designed to provide Nevada's school population with information that will facilitate greater awareness and understanding of both past and present Native Nevadan lifestyles and contributions, this generalized curriculum guide might constitute a social studies unit for the upper levels of elementary and/or junior high…

This unit, intended for grades five and six, includes a group of experiences designed to help students and the teacher understand society's effect on their environment and to parallel the activities in the classroom as a miniature society with life outside the school. The main idea developed is that cooperation is the key word in man's interaction…

These five booklets, designed for multilevel use, focus on the process of choice, and how choice directly and indirectly affects the quality of the environment. The purpose behind the booklets is to explore the process of problem solving, making it clear and comprehensible to the student's frame of reference. The series of booklets all focus on…

This guide outlines a nine to eighteen week course of study for secondary level students on the history of Russia and the Soviet Union. The course teaches the concepts of change and continuity, cause and effect, structural complexity, societal interdependence, freedom and obligation, human needs and cultural functioning, and national behavior…

The guide is one of a series developed in a pilot project to integrate career education concepts with subject matter in secondary grades. The units are designed to reveal career orientation aspects of traditional topics within five major subject areas: English, social studies, mathematics, science, and health and physical education. The lesson…

This document is a partial outline of some of the major concepts in the field of language arts and is meant to be used as a frame of reference in formulating performance objectives for language arts instruction in grades seven through twelve. Contents are divided into the following main categories: speaking skills; critical analysis; grammar;…