The rapid growth of educational research and development in America has widened the gap between average classroom practice and "best available" validated practices resulting from research and development at educational laboratories, universities, and school-based practice improvement projects. The extension agent system was chosen to change the…

An outdoor education workshop, initiated at the request of teachers in the Bear Creek Watershed area (Alabama), was conducted through a cooperative effort of local agencies and offices of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The purpose of the workshop was to demonstrate to the teachers how the outdoors can be utilized to introduce, strengthen, and…

Lesson plans, developed by teachers in an environmental education workshop, are compiled in this booklet. Curriculum areas covered by the plans include science, language arts, mathematics, social studies, art, recreation, and health. In general they specify: subject category, contributor's name, title of activity, grade level, major concept,…

Lesson plans, developed by teachers in an environmental education workshop, are compiled in this booklet. Curriculum areas covered by the plans include science, language arts, mathematics, social studies, art, recreation, and health. In general they specify: subject category, contributor's name, title of activity, grade level, major concept,…

Lesson plans, developed by teachers in an environmental education workshop, are compiled in this booklet. Curriculum areas covered by the plans include map skills, art, language arts, science, social studies, mathematics, and physical education and recreation. In general they specify: subject category, contributor's name, title of activity, grade…

This experimental course of study for high school students was designed to prepare teenage consumers to understand the choice of products and services offered in the marketplace and to make their choices wisely. Billions of dollars annually are spent by teenagers on merchandise and services. The need for a course in consumer education is so…

Teachers wanting to translate principles into classroom practice are the intended audience for these sample lessons from an English program for young school leavers, i.e., students 11-16 years old. Divided into three approaches (single units, short themes, and longer themes), these samples are drawn from portfolios assembled in workshops held in…

The Center for the Study of Migrant and Indian Education has recognized the need to develop special materials to improve the non-Indian's understanding of the differences he observes in his Indian classmates and to promote a better understanding by American Indian children of their unique cultural heritage. Little Bear is a story of a young Yakima…

The Center for the Study of Migrant and Indian Education has recognized the need to develop special materials to improve the non-Indian's understanding of the differences he observes in his Indian classmates and to promote a better understanding by American Indian children of their unique cultural heritage. The Greedy Little Boy is a traditional…

This guide for the teaching of English at the Eighth Level centers around the improvement of reading while continuing to acquire knowledge in the subject area. The material in the guide is presented under the following topic headings: Rationale and Minimum Floors for Reading; Eighth Level: Point of View; Behavioral Objectives; Check List of Skills…

Presents two sample lessons designed to promote research skills at the secondary level. A world studies and an American history lesson are outlined. Students find answers to questions by consulting encyclopedias, histories, and dictionaries. Discussion of the learning experience follows. (KC)

Presents four lessons that introduce the use of the passive voice in the context of describing processes. (KM)

A presentation of instructional aids for the French class: visual aids and symbols for teaching French pronouns; materials and procedure for communication situations using authentic documents; a lesson on setting up the first page of a newspaper; and suggestions for activities based on the national lottery. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Provides the public school teacher with guidelines for developing lessons in the everyday act of teaching all subjects in a multicultural setting. Also includes an interpretation of how learning principles should be useful in a multicultural teaching approach and ideas for teaching English, home economics, mathematics, and music in the…

After a review of the book "Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life," by Gail Sheehy, the author presents a lesson plan designed to help students become aware of adult developmental tasks and stresses. (MF)