Serving as a basis for an educational dialogue that needs to take place in every school district in South Dakota, this technical guide to the South Dakota Communication/Language Arts Standards includes the Goals, Indicators, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Standards for reading, writing, listening and viewing, and speaking. It is organized in grade…

Following adoption of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in 1998, new prekindergarten curriculum guidelines were developed. These voluntary guidelines articulate what 3- and 4-year-olds should know and be able to do and provide a means to align prekindergarten programs with the TEKS curriculum. The guidelines are intended to assist…

Discusses handwriting drills, student reluctance to rewrite or recopy, and practical writing activities. (GB)

A survey of British secondary schools discloses the nature of the place of history in the curriculum and analyzes syllabuses and resource materials currently employed. (KM)

Anthropology, particularly cultural anthropology, can bring new life into an overworked curriculum provided great care is taken in assembling appropriate materials and in devising good instructional approaches. Article provides guides for selection of recommended materials. (Editor/RK)

Article presents a simple methodology for FLES teachers. (GB)

Article is a multidisciplinary demonstration lesson that creates learning situations using a popular television show as a stimulus. (GB)

Poetic meter comes easily when the kids write words to their favorite music. (Editor)

Discusses the results of a survey published under the title: Curriculum Preferences of California Junior College Journalism Instructors''. (GB)

The role played by history and social studies teachers in the educational and upbringing process is reviewed. Teaching techniques adopted in 1972 are analyzed and changes in syllabuses are noted. (KM)

Suggests that a problem with the use of materials and methods devised for use with John Dixon's growth English'' is the temptation, under the stress of large classes and overcrowded timetables, to use it for class lessons along traditional lines. (Author)

Assistance in planning peace education curriculum is available to educators from war/peace study organizations, community sources, television programs. An interdisciplinary subject approach can be given, involving mathematics, physical education, religion, science and ecology, as well as social studies and historical inquiry. (JB)