This four-week fourth grade social studies unit dealing with religious dimensions in ancient Egyptian culture was developed by the Public Education Religion Studies Center at Wright State University. It seeks to help students understand ancient Egypt by looking at the people, the culture, and the people's world view. The unit begins with outlines…

This unit for 10th grade students on "Macbeth" is intended for college bound students. It was developed as a part of a series by the Public Education Religion Studies Center at Wright State University. In the seven-week unit, students examine the Elizabethan cultural background of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," including the political, social and…

Small group work is an indispensable component of self-paced individualized instruction and can also make possible a high degree of individualization in the conventional instructional situation. Partial instructional approaches varying whole-class presentations, small group work, and individualized study are discussed. Group work can facilitate…

In this collection, numerous professional writers who have worked with students in public school classrooms offer ideas for helping students learn to write creatively. The ideas are grouped into six major sections: "Teaching Writing,""Writing Ideas" (gimmicks, letters and dialogues, writing from observation, writing and literature), "Drama, Film,…

Ten lesson plans present ways of using the periodical, "The National Observer," in social science classrooms. By providing stimulating reading, raising questions, and provoking discussion, the periodical articles are designed to expand the student's perspective on social issues. Revolving around five disciplines--political science,…

The guide offers a compilation of teacher developed career education materials which may be integrated with secondary level curriculum and, in some cases, complete unit or course outlines are included. Suggested activities and ideas are presented for the following five subject areas and their related units: art, English (activity suggestions for…

The guide offers a compilation of teacher-developed career education materials which may be integrated with secondary level curriculum and, in some cases, complete units or course outlines are included. Suggested activities and ideas are presented for three subject areas: business, metrics, and special education. The business education section…

Designed for elementary/secondary teachers working either with segregated Alaska Native classes (i.e., the Rural Transition Center and Native Core) or those working with integrated classes in either urban or rural areas, this guide presents a variety of instructional information. Presenting suggestions, research, comments, activities, etc., this…

The revised guide, prepared to supplement the existing curriculum, suggests activities related to the three student goals: (1) to develop an awareness of who he/she is, and, through effective decision making, what he/she can become; (2) to become aware of the interrelationships of society with his/her school, community, family, work, and leisure;…

The revised guide, prepared to supplement the existing curriculum, suggests activities related to the three student goals: (1) to develop an awareness of who he/she is, and, through effective decision making, what he/she can become; (2) to become aware of the interrelationships of society with his/her school, community, family, work, and leisure;…

This document comprises a modular syllabus for a college education course for teaching open education in elementary and secondary schools. The aims of the course are to introduce students to open classrooms, to introduce a developmental approach for the teaching of a sense of history, to offer students a chance to use the techniques in an open…

The learning experiences in the teacher's guide are intended to acquaint students at the second and third grade levels with the food industry--the goods and services it provides, the workers it employs, and some of the basic skills the consumer needs. The supermarket, that segment of the food industry most familiar to primary students, is the…

The basic purpose of the teacher's guide is to acquaint students at the primary level with the variety of jobs in the field of technology. The field of technology encompasses all work which uses machines to supply the needs of people. The topics covered include: simple machines, technological jobs in the community, using measurement accurately,…

The teaching guide was prepared by the Portland Public Schools, Area 3, in an exemplary project to create an awareness of career and consumer education concepts in the primary grades by using the content of basic readers that would ordinarily be used exclusively for the teaching of reading skills. The guide follows closely the story lines in the…

The teaching guide was prepared by the Portland Public Schools, Area III, in an exemplary project to create an awareness of career and consumer education concepts in the primary grades by using the content of basic readers that would ordinarily be used exclusively for the teaching of reading skills. The guide closely follows the story lines in the…