This paper reports a year's work in Haifa, Israel, in constructing English materials for 7th grade C-level classes. Reasons for students' failure, teaching techniques, instructional materials and lesson plans are discussed. (Available from English Inspectorate, Ministry of Education and Culture, P.O. Box 292, Jerusalem, Israel.) (CHK)

The author compares two philosophies of language instruction (medical and behavioral models); evaluates four major elements of the teaching/learning process (stimulus, pupil response, consequation, and feedback); as critical variables in developing a lesson plan; and discusses the effects of selection of pupils, teachers and space on language…

Twenty-eight lesson plans developed by California teachers who attended a summer institute on Congress and the Constitution are presented in this document. Sample lesson plan titles are: (1) "Geopolitics and the Constitution," (2) "Judicial Review," (3) "Electoral College and the Constitution," (4) "First…

Lesson planning can be divided into three types--content, process, and context. Each type helps to organize classroom activities, and together they establish the ambiance of the learners' journey. Content plans focus on information students should know. Instructional strategies designed to introduce or elaborate the content presentation should be…

Intended to provide help for teachers and supervisors in using computers in English classes as an enhancement of the instructional program, this guide is organized in three parts. Part 1 focuses on the many management issues related to computer use. This section of the guide presents ideas for helping students with limited keyboarding skills as…

This multidisciplinary preschool nutrition education curriculum was written for use in the instruction of 3- to 5-year-olds in the National Head Start program. Introductory notes on cooking experiences for Head Start children and suggested menus for young children are followed by nine units. The curriculum incorporates a variety of teaching…

Using a newly developed 6-week course, a study examined the effect of children's literature on the reading attitude and fluency of secondary remedial students. Subjects were 10 tenth- through twelfth-grade students enrolled in a central Washington State alternative high school for students who dropped out of regular high school but who still…

Designed as part of a 150-hour high school graphic arts course, this lesson plan was developed to provide students with a brief introduction to typography. The objectives of the 50-minute lesson are to enable students to: (1) identify the parts of a type character from an illustration; (2) understand the meaning of…

This document contains six lessons for a class on using computer spreadsheets. Each lesson contains an objective, terminology, and directions for step-by-step completion of the lesson activites. Worksheets are included for teachers to replicate and hand out or to use as overhead transparencies. The lessons cover the following concepts:…

This document outlines the rationale and content of the grade 1 social studies curriculum of the Lebanon School District, Lebanon, New Hampshire. The children are asked to compare their families with the family of the Eskimo. During the study of the Eskimo, geographic understanding is stressed. Skills to be acquired are listed as behavioral…

This document outlines the content of the grade 5 social studies curriculum of the Lebanon School District, Lebanon, New Hampshire. The program focuses on a U. S. history from the first Americans to the post-Civil War era. U. S. geography is studied, either Americans to the post-Civil War era. U.S. geography is studied, either as a separate unit…

This document outlines the content of the grade 6 social studies curriculum of the Lebanon School District, Lebanon, New Hampshire. The program is essentially a chronological review of western civilization, which includes pre-historic man, early civilization, classical civilizations of Greece and Rome, Medieval period, and the Age of Expansion.…

This resource notebook contains lesson plans for use in providing career education to students in grades 6, 7, and 8. Lessons plans are organized into sections addressing the following subject areas: language arts and foreign language, reading, mathematics, science, social studies, health and physical education, special education, and fine arts…

The second in a set of five publications on the educational "ministry," this document is a plan book intended to help Catholic school teachers in their dual role of educating students in academic matters and increasing students' faith in the Catholic doctrine. A brief paper, "The Teacher as Minister," by Dr. Elinor Ford, is presented that claims…

The package presents a training approach for increasing test-taking skills of learning disabled (LD) and behaviorally disordered (BD) children along with a research study illustrating the approach's effectiveness with 92 LD or BD elementary students. The approach focuses on such strategies as attending to appropriate stimuli, marking answers…