This document consists of the printed components only of a PBS curriculum package intended to be used with the 9-videotape PBS documentary series entitled "The West." The complete curriculum package includes a teacher's guide, lesson plans, a student guide, audio tapes, a video index, and promotional poster. The teacher's guide and…

This booklet is designed for K-12 students and educators to learn about world population growth factors. Data are shown through charts and graphs with brief explanations. The booklet contains: (1) "World Population Growth and Regional Distribution through History"; (2) "Population Growth through Natural Increase"; (3) "Effect of Migration on…

Designed to help rural students find employment and adjust to life in urban areas, the handbook provides basic information in six subject areas. Part I focuses on getting to know yourself by assessing past activities, preferences, abilities, personality, limitations, and values. Part II explores aspects of jobs and careers: being career oriented,…

These six modules are designed to help individuals make the decision whether or not to relocate to find a job or a better job. The modules cover (1) the steps in making a decision and the importance of the information-gathering stage, (2) exploring personal values and needs that are important in making a decision about relocating, (3) the steps in…

Presents a high school lesson plan about U.S. government policy regarding Native Americans that is based on the National Standards for United States History. Includes a map, a reprint of a painting, and five primary source documents. Provides student objectives and step-by-step instructional procedures. (CFR)

This history of Navajo leadership and government, part of the sixth-ninth grade Navajo bilingual-bicultural social studies curriculum from the Navajo Curriculum Centers, covers types of government from the animal leaders of Navajo legend to modern times. The text is divided into five chapters: "The First Leaders,""New Neighbors--New…