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Download full textRule, Audrey C.; Barrera, Manuel T., III – Online Submission, 2008
Integration of subject areas with technology and thinking skills is a way to help teachers cope with today's overloaded curriculum and to help students see the connectedness of different curriculum areas. This study compares three authentic approaches to teaching a science unit on bird adaptations for habitat that integrate thinking skills and…
Descriptors: Animals, Self Efficacy, Problem Based Learning, Scores
Westley, Joan; Melton, Holly – 1994
This resource book is one of a series containing lesson plans for grades 1-3 designed to support children's literature books sharing familiar social studies themes. "Long Ago Times" presents eight different children's books related to the theme. For each book social studies concepts are presented, followed by four activities called "windows." Some…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Language Enrichment
Westley, Joan; Melton, Holly – 1995
This resource book is one of a series containing lesson plans for grades 1-3 designed to support children's literature books sharing familiar social studies themes. "Journeys" presents eight different children's books related to the theme. For each book social studies concepts are presented, followed by four activities called "windows." Some of…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Language Enrichment
Westley, Joan; Melton, Holly – 1994
This resource book is one in a series containing lesson plans for grades 1-3 designed to support children's literature books sharing familiar social studies themes. "Across America" presents eight different children's books related to the theme. For each book social studies concepts are presented, followed by four activities called "windows." Some…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Language Enrichment
Erwin, Barbara; And Others – 1993
Using a literature-based thematic unit to teach language arts in concert with science, social studies, mathematics, and art, a Scottish teacher instilled in her 6- and 7-year-old pupils an understanding of their own lives, a love for language, and a feeling of satisfaction and pride in their accomplishments. The teacher developed a topic based on…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
Smitter, Roger – 1994
The typical textbook for the basic course fails to integrate the broad range of topics it introduces to the new student of communication. One way of addressing this problem would be to use feature films in the course, such as "Wall Street,""True Colors,""Other People's Money,""Milagro Beanfield War," and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Film Study, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
May, Wanda T. – 1993
This report summarizes and compares the views of six experts in art education concerned with teaching art for students' conceptual understanding at the elementary level. Two art education professors and three public school art specialists who teach art at the elementary level engaged in comprehensive written exercises to address issues related to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development
Pike, Ellen Leader – 1997
This paper examines the shortcomings of the area studies approach and the comprehensive chronological world history survey approach to teaching world history courses. The study notes the increasing interdependence of the world and its people and advocates a thematic world history approach. By teaching a few important themes in world history,…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Global Education, History Instruction, Multicultural Education
Hughes, Sarah S. – 1994
Gender, a fundamental organizing principle of human societies, should be integral to world history survey courses. Students need to learn about the various distinctions of gender that have divided the sexes throughout history. As there is little time to squeeze more explanatory factors into a world history syllabus, it is critical to establish…
Descriptors: Females, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Sex
Reilly, Kevin – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1975
An introductory history curriculum is described which is topical and question oriented, designed to encourage students to evaluate sweeping social changes instead of a strict chronology of events. A bibliography of recommended texts is included. (NHM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, History Instruction
Peer reviewedShuman, R. Baird – Clearing House, 1974
Author provided teachers of English with an impressive annotated list of books centering on world literature. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: African Literature, Australian Literature, Elective Courses, Independent Study
McAlpine, Julie Carson – Elementary English, 1975
Suggestions are given on how to write stories for students, taking into consideration plot, vocabulary development, and interest levels. (JH)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Narration
Elson, William H.; Kelly, Edna R. – Scott, Foresman and Company, 1925
The "Child-Library Readers, Book Three," is planned to provide abundant material, rich in interest, for extending the literature course of the third grade. Schools using "The Elson Readers, Book Three," will appreciate the total absence of duplicated selections in the present volume. Moreover, the fresh, unhackneyed nature of…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Literature, Literature Appreciation
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. Dept. of Instructional Planning and Development. – 1979
Educational Objectives and brief course descriptions for the social studies program, grades K-8, Montgomery County Public School, Rockville Maryland, are presented. The document is organized into two sections. Section one outlines the K-6 Social Studies Design approved by the Council on Instruction in April, 1977. The design should be implemented…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Middle Country Central School District, Centereach, NY. – 1975
The curriculum outlined in this guide emphasizes the two major goals of literature appreciation in junior and senior high school as stimulating the love of reading and the lifetime reading habit, and leading students to see literature as the means of reexperiencing and understanding their own lives. The guide lists general departmental…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Guides, Instructional Materials, Literature Appreciation
