This activity guide for foods and nutrition education at the primary level is divided into two sections: lesson plans and resource materials. Five concepts are outlined in the lesson plan: food choices, factors influencing choices, consumer competencies, food related careers, and food protection. Each lesson plan provides information on…

A New Zealand study examines the interaction between 18 teachers and their respective classroom environments and actions in an attempt to isolate those factors contributing to each teacher's philosophy concerning the role and responsibility of pedagogy. Nine classroom teachers and nine student teachers are examined for degree of congruence between…

This guide contains lesson plans and outlines of science activities which present concepts of solar energy in the context of earth science experiments. Each unit presents an introduction; objectives; skills and knowledge needed; materials; method; questions; recommendations for further study; and a teacher information sheet. The teacher…

This teaching guide , developed with ESEA Title I funds, outlines an oral English program to help Negro students eliminate nonstandard pronunciation and usage in their speech. The first part consists of three lessons to motivate the students, which develop particular concepts about language. The second and third parts contain pronunciation and…

AN INTRINSIC PROGRAM ON THE SUBJECT OF CONSTRUCTION OF TEACHING UNITS WAS DESIGNED AND TESTED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER STUDENTS OF EDUCATION WOULD LEARN AS EFFICIENTLY BY THE PROGRAM METHOD AS BY TRADITIONAL METHODS. THE 116 PAGE PROGRAMED TEXT COMPRISES FOUR SECTIONS--THE DEFINITION AND BACKGROUND OF THE TEACHING UNIT, THE YEARLY PLAN, THE TEACHING…

This manual has been designed by the Bureau of Continuing Education Curriculum Development of the New York State Department of Education to provide teachers with suggested lesson plans in practical government. Each lesson contains background materials for the teacher, offering specific information on the subject of the lesson plans, aims of the…

Designed for senior high school students, this one semester course focuses on four aspects of modern media: television, film, radio, and advertising. Each topic is worked into a weekly lesson plan format that stresses the active involvement of students in the learning process. The course outline contains lists of objectives and media materials…

Designed to help children identify the racial stereotypes that occur in the content and illustrations of some children's books, this lesson plan presents a list of evaluative criteria and applies these standards to two contrasting short stories. The plan concentrates on the child's reaction to character development in both stories and includes…

This curriculum guide was designed to improve creative problem-solving skills in children through the use of career concepts. It was the basis of the Career Awareness Program for fifth and sixth graders at a N.Y. elementary school. The concepts may be presented in sequence or integrated into existing programs and disciplines. Each worksheet…

A legislative history shows the various stages in the process of enacting laws. In order to follow the legislative process the student is asked to select a topic of interest and research the various steps as a bill becomes law. Then he is given descriptions of some current and standard reference works which will help him find information on the…

This handbook provides the basic material needed to guide reading tutors in how to teach appropriate reading skills to children, both inside and outside the classroom. It is one of a series of three handbooks developed for the Right-to-Read tutor-training program; the others are the "Tutor-Trainers' Resource Handbook" (CS 002 047) and…

Intended as part of a continuing commercial art program, the basic course outlined provides the high school student with a core of skills and knowledge common to many of the commercial art jobs. The first part of the course is designed to acquaint the exploratory student with some of the procedures and skills required. Units 1 through 5 cover…

This book is an actual school year's work, written by three teaming, open classroom teachers in grades one, five, and six. It is designed for teachers of grades k-6 who are working right in the classroom with their students, for school administrators involved in curriculum development, and for parents expecting the best tangible results from an…

The purposes of the basic rhetorically-focused writing module presented in this document are to aid classroom instruction and to furnish a model of ideas and simplified techniques for developing other writing modules. Contents of this document are an introduction, a discussion of the journal as a writing form, an outline overview of the model, and…

The document presents a guide for teaching insurance protection based on the needs of students in the South Pacific. It is presented as a unit of study within the area of consumer education. Suggestions for unit objectives, student activities, time allocation, teaching methods, and reference materials are offered. A lesson plan is outlined based…