Describes a cross-cultural awareness curriculum which can be used to modify children's racial and ethnic attitudes. Outlines curriculum grid activities including poems, films, television, photo interpretation, and experiential exercises. Suggests program can benefit counselors and other school personnel as well as students. (JAC)

Educational drama on the primary level aims at the total development of the child, intellectually, physically, socially, morally, and imaginatively. Suggested activities for different age groups are offered as guidelines for teachers, along with suggestions for development of a drama education program in teacher education facilities in Nigeria.…

Discussion of inquiry and technology within elementary and secondary school science curriculum focuses on WISE (Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment) that was developed to provide effective designs for inquiry activities and assessments, technology supports for students and teachers, authoring partnerships to create a library of inquiry projects,…

Described is a nonmajor mathematics course taught using computers and lab experiments. Included are the challenge, solution, description of the first class, problems, successes, the syllabus, student comments, and the conclusion. (KR)

Suggests reasons for the lack of material on Asian-American women in textbooks. Presents a study guide to accompany the film "Sewing Woman," a fictionalized documentary based on a series of Chinese American oral histories and the life of a Chinese garment worker. (DB)

Shortcomings of current curricula for geometry in the elementary school are discussed. The use of the computer programing language Logo to develop geometric ideas is described, with supporting research. (MNS)

Provides six fully developed library media activities designed to be used with specific curriculum units in art, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources needed, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are…

Provides six fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units in art, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, activities and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are described…

Describes an evaluative study of the use of interactive video in elementary and secondary school mathematics in the United Kingdom. The "Stepping Stones" game is described; and issues for the design of interactive media are discussed, including high quality sound and visuals, interactivity and pupil support, and activity off the…

Presents a lesson plan about case studies of the environmental disasters of Minamata, Japan and Love Canal, New York. Compares how the legal cases were handled in two constitutional democracies. Provides six handouts that include maps, role descriptions for simulations, and student readings. (CFR)

Provides fully developed library media activities, most of which are designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units. Highlights include art (first or second grades), music (fifth through ninth grades), reading/language arts (first through fifth grades), science (kindergarten, fourth, and fifth grades), and social studies (fourth…

Provides seven fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units in art, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. (KRN)

Discusses ways to select and evaluate CD-ROM programs. Various evaluation and review sources are described, results of recent evaluations are related, curriculum ideas for using interactive electronic books in elementary school classes are suggested, sources for CD-ROM classroom activities are provided, and an example of a network CD-ROM exercise…

Provides nine fully developed library media activities designed to be used with specific curriculum units in health, music, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are…

Provides fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units. Highlights include elementary school activities for reading and language arts (using the "World Almanac," identifying a story's sequence of events, and using autobiographies); science (causes of wind and learning about…