This manual for secondary school teachers offers sample lesson plans that may be used to guide and stimulate experimentation and development of creative instructional units. Lesson plan components are defined, and various types of lessons and their significant characteristics are identified. These characteristic types of lessons are illustrated,…

Discusses the application of competency-based instruction to the teaching of theater arts in secondary schools. Advocates a four-step process of goal identification; procedure, content, and method selection; student participation; and evaluation of goal achievement. (JMF)

Suggests that accountability in religious education is limited to the attainment of precise agreed-upon objectives. Recommends that students participate in the process of specifying objectives and that teachers state objectives in terms of measurable student outcomes. (DMM)

An approach to sequencing curriculum in health education based on group development is presented. The plan relates five developmental issues to be covered to various health education topics which may represent these issues. (JMF)

Describes a series of procedures that can objectively measure student growth in interdisciplinary humanities courses at the secondary or college level. Preinstruction and postinstruction assessments determine student attitudes, responses to literature, art, and music, and knowledge of course content; midcourse individual conferences are also used.…

This guide presents a course outline and description of drama/theater arts that satisfies Idaho state graduation requirements for humanities. After a brief description of the philosophy of such courses, the guide describes the critical components that drama/theater course must significantly deal with: aesthetic perception, creative expression…

Intended for use by all drafting instructors in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, this guide provides a sequential listing of course content and scope. A course description provides a brief overview of the content of the courses offered in the drafting program. General course objectives are then listed. Outlines of the course content are…

These curriculum specifications are based on the prescribed content and objectives of the 1981 Alberta (Canada) Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 12. The purposes of these specifications are to: (1) identify specific course content, objectives, and relative weightings that should be considered in evaluating student progress and achievement; and…

Provides an explanation of the rationale, developmental processes, and long term objectives associated with a cross-curriculum environmental program for secondary students. Presents a listing of the aims and assessment objectives of the syllabus and includes an outline of the course. (ML)

This outline for a high school yearbook course provides a course description and lists student responsibilities, behavioral objectives for each of nine areas, and resource materials. (GT)

Delineating the content that must be covered in the secondary schools of the State of Idaho, this guide presents a course of study for a full-semester course designed to help students better understand the complexities of the communication process and succeed in a world of interaction. Although educators sometimes use the terms interchangeably,…

Intended for use by all electricity/electronics instructors in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, this guide provides a sequential listing of course content and scope. A course description provides a brief overview of the content of the courses offered in the electricity/electronics program. General course objectives are then listed.…

The social studies core curriculum presented in this guide represents those standards of learning that are essential for all grade 7-12 students in the state of Utah. For each secondary social studies course, core standards are established, as well as the objectives that should be used to meet the standards. The following courses are covered for…

Based on the idea that a wide range of individualization in the classroom is necessary to both stimulate the students and to meet their needs, this paper presents a complete course in English Literature based on the learning contract system. Included in the paper are a course outline with the objectives and the rules for the class; a title page…

Intended for use by all welding instructors in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, this guide provides a sequential listing of course content and scope. A course description provides a brief overview of the content of the courses offered in the welding program. General course objectives are then listed. Outlines of the course content are…