Suggests resources, activities, and materials for use in teaching poetry, drama, and literature classes. (RB)

Describes a method for teaching reading in the content areas. (RB)

Describes survival learning activities which are designed according to the student's present needs and experiences as demanded by society. (RB)

Contains suggestions for materials, activities, and resources that will improve the language skills of elementary and secondary school students. (RB)

The paper presents activities, suggested by regular classroom teachers, to help prepare the regular classroom student for mainstreaming. The author points out that regular classroom children need a vehicle in which curiosity, concern, interest, fear, attitudes and feelings can be fully explored, where prejudices can be dispelled, and where the…

Directed to the class or individual with limited film making equipment, this paper presents a "hands on" guide to the production of animated cartoons. Its 14 sections deal with the following topics: understanding animation; choosing subject matter for an animation; writing a script; getting the timing right; choosing a camera and projector;…

An effective and easily overlooked resource for conducting visual literacy activities at the elementary secondary level is the picture book collection found in most elementary school libraries. In these times of inflated prices and budget reductions, K-12 librarians and teachers should not fail to make use of these materials. There are a variety…

This guide provides St. Louis, Missouri, secondary school teachers with information about desegregation that would be useful to parents and students in that city. The guide contains instructional materials to be used by teachers to reduce anxieties caused by school desegregation. The background information on St. Louis desegregation includes: (1)…

It is the responsibility of the early childhood educator to ensure that creative thinking is part of the preschool curriculum because of its beneficial effects on academic and social learning in the young child. There are basically seven strategies that can be used to facilitate creative thinking in young children. These strategies are: (1)…

One hundred and nine suggestions for classroom activities are presented in this booklet. The suggestions are listed in paragraphs generally two to three sentences long. Two example suggestions are the following: (1) demonstrate details of various jobs by having students answer riddles describing characteristics of specific jobs they have studied;…

This activities guide was produced for use in the Illinois Right to Read Week and includes ideas for numerous activities for schools and the community to encourage reading. It also suggests a series of reading incentive programs for a variety of age groups including adults. The many activities suggested as possibilities for schools include the…

This collection of energy lessons is assembled from teacher-written units. The collection is prefaced by background information on the issues associated with current energy problems. Each lesson contains a statement of objectives and a description of the activity. Additional information on variations and materials is provided where appropriate.…

The author describes her experiences while teaching gifted elementary students Relevance was stressed in the program which utilized a wide variety of materials from audiovisuals to pamphlets from government and private agencies. Problem solving encouraged divergent thinking, and units of study were covered in a project format with research often…

ANALYSIS OF VERBAL CLASSROOM ACTIVITY WAS MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES. TECHNIQUES FOR RECODING, CODING AND ANALYZING ACTIVITY WERE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN PHASE ONE. IT WAS FOUND THAT DESPITE THE LACK OF SPECIFIED RULES AND DESPITE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN TEACHING PHILOSOPHIES OF TEACHERS, AND ALTHOUGH CLASSES DIFFER SOMEWHAT IN DETAILS, COMMON…