The guide is one of a series developed in a pilot project to integrate career education concepts with traditional subject matter and topics in elementary grades K-7 and in special education. Developed by teachers in the Radford, Virginia, schools, the units make use of resource-persons from outside the school, occupational information,…

The guide is one of a series developed in a pilot project to integrate career education concepts with traditional subject matter and topics in elementary grades K-7 and in special education. Developed by teachers in the Radford, Virginia, schools, the units make use of resource persons from outside the school, occupational information,…

This curriculum guide is designed for use by paraprofessionals (or home tutors) with preschool Mexican-American children in a home setting. This set consists of three volumes covering one year's instruction, with each volume covering ten weeks. Specific lesson plans in Spanish and English are provided for each day. The program's aims are to:…

This course description was developed by educators for use at the Work Opportunity Center which was established to teach high school dropouts and/or hardcore unemployed youth. The ultimate objectives of this curriculum are to develop communicative skills necessary for social interaction and to help the student complete high school graduation…

This course description was developed by educators for use at the Work Opportunity Center which was established to teach high school dropouts and/or hard-core unemployed youth. The ultimate objectives of the marketing and merchandising curriculum are to prepare students for careers in distribution and to assist them in graduating from high school.…

This social studies curriculum guide for grades 5 and 6 is a product of the American Values Exemplary Center directed by Ralph H. Davis. The introduction describes a model program to introduce students to the functioning of local and national government through a student government program set up as an essential part of the social studies…

This black American literature course for grades 10-12 is designed to introduce students to the unique contribution that the black American has made to American life. The course guide is divided into four units--Slave Narrative and Autobiography, Poetry, Short Story, Drama--with suggested activites, including class discussions, small group…

This curriculum guide is designed for both new and experienced teachers of educable mentally retarded pupils. It contains an explanation of the life-problem curricular concept and a discussion of the psychology of learning applicable to these pupils. Each section of the guide corresponds to the specific objectives listed in SO 000 473. They…

This framework is intended to be a flexible starting point for innovation, evaluation, and revision of curriculum and instructional programs. Here the social sciences also include: area studies (citizenship, conservation, comparative religions, ethnic studies, and contemporary affairs), and are linked with the natural sciences in comparing man…

This guide is organized around fundamental economic concepts which are applied to particular themes in United States history. The concepts deal with such things as availability and use of resources, division of labor, trade, and are illustrated through the following situations: 1) Indians of the Pacific Northwest; 2) explorers, fur traders, and…

This guide traces and amplifies basic economic concepts through various periods in United States history, such as: 1) discovering the New World; 2) Colonial Period; 3) from the Revolution to the Civil War; 4) regional approach to the American economy; 5) modern period. The concepts deal with such issues as resources and their development and use,…

Language development activities for the educable mentally handicapped are explained. Lessons are presented for units in listening, oral expression, handwriting, and written expression. All lessons delineate scope, instructional objective, level, activity, resource materials, and variations. Additional activities and equipment are listed. Also,…

This teacher's guide for use at the secondary level, although it has not yet undergone classroom trial, is recommended for inclusion in U.S. History, World History, Modern European History, or as a unit in Problems of Democracy. The primary objective of the unit is to demonstrate that the key to understanding present racial attitudes in Brazil and…

Emphasizing successful reading instruction as a nonrepetitive, creative process which provides the child with both challenge and opportunities for success, units in this handbook focus on the child as an individual--his behavior, his maturity, and his capacities for understanding, learning, and creating. Each of the 10 units provides teaching…

This guide, designed to assist teachers in the classroom utilization of "Lingua Latina Secundum Naturae Rationem Explicata", the Nature Method Institute's Latin series, stresses discussion of presentation of early capitula in the course. Other commentary focuses on articulation, instructional approaches, timing and pacing, testing, and…