This publication contains both a teacher's guide and a student workbook for the second year of study of the Hawaiian language and culture. The teacher's guide includes an introduction to teachers and a complete set of lessons for each reading. The lesson plans contain the following: (1) a statement of the content of the lesson, (2) exercises with…

Three types of information useful to English as a Second Language teachers of Haitian refugees are provided: (1) a discussion of the Haitian educational system and of reasons for the high illiteracy rate; (2) an explanation of the language situation in Haiti where the official language is French, and the native language of most of the population…

This booklet provides an assortment of materials relating to a cognitive approach to community-based multicultural education. In a brief discussion, the first article presents a preliminary formulation of some views about multicultural education. The text includes a list of basic skills and thinking processes which may be taught and learned…

Intended for direct care workers at institutions for severely and profoundly retarded persons, the curriculum focuses on behavior modification skill instruction. Eight lesson plans are presented, with information on topic, content, and teaching methods. Topics include the following (sample subtopics in parentheses): 1) introduction; 2) observing…

This teacher's handbook is designed for native speakers of Belizean Creole who teach their own language to American Peace Corps volunteers. The handbook is one of a four-part set which also includes a communication and culture workbook, a grammar workbook, and a glossary, all of which should be used together to teach students to communicate in…

Refugees need assistance in acquiring the information and skills needed to survive and to adapt in their new culture. A comprehensive and varied orientation program is one of the most effective ways to provide refugees assistance in working through the emotional and psychological aspects of adjustment to their new environment. This guide discusses…

This guide is designed to be used for help in filling out the 1982 Census of Agriculture report forms. It can be used as part of the lesson plan on the agricultural census provided in another document (see note). The guide contains more detailed information on how to complete the census form than is provided on the form or its accompanying…

Prepared for use by graduate students who are teaching their first courses in freshman composition, this guide offers principles, strategies, and activities that are adaptable to a variety of composition programs. The 44 daily lesson plans are arranged in 16 week-long units and cover such topics as sentence combining, participles, absolutes,…

In this lesson, middle school students explore a musical expression, the sea chantey, which provided a rhythm necessary to help 19th century sailors work together. Objectives are to help students understand the purpose of sea chanties, realize how different types of chanties were especially suited to different types of jobs, and identify the…

The transcript of a values awareness lesson in communicable diseases is presented to illustrate the two stages of a typical values class--introducing the lesson and implementing the lesson. In this case, an overhead slide-transparency is used (along with prefacing remarks) to lead the class into considering those whom a gonorrhea-infected youth…

Fifth-graders read lessons dealing with a geometry rule. Half of the subjects also received pre-instruction on the concepts related in the rule prior to studying the rule itself. The pre-instruction presented the concepts in either a logical order with relationships among the concepts stressed (integrative lesson) or a random order with no mention…

The author offers pointers on community familiarization, student teacher attitude, lesson plans, and teaching techniques to help student teachers ease smoothly into their initial student teaching experience. (EA)

Sketches a Russian lesson at Grade 9 on the Soviet hero Mikhail Devyatyev. Guidance on method, using teaching aids (blackboard pictures and filmstrips), is included. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This experimental lesson gives students practice at writing a one sentence thesis statement. Each student chooses a song or short poem for which he must provide a thesis statement. The exercise not only teaches development of the thesis statement, but also stimulates student interest and discussion. Examples are presented. (AH)

The author describes simple techniques for providing individualized help within a group teaching situation. (SD)