Lesson plans for elementary and junior high grades, developed by teachers in an environmental education workshop, are compiled in this publication. Curriculum areas covered by the plans include science, language arts, mathematics, social studies, art, recreation and health. The lesson plans specify: subject category, contributor's name, title of…

Guidelines are provided in this handbook for secondary level teachers on how to develop and use case studies in their social studies and economics classes. Among the contents are the following: (1) a description of the case study method and its educational goals; (2) the act of case discussion; (3) questioning techniques to use and sample…

This project-developed and tested aural-oral guide is designed especially for use at the preschool and kindergarten levels. It is designed for the teacher of Spanish-speaking children as a series of lesson plans or scripts around such topics as school, the family and pets. Vocabulary enrichment, syntactical drill patterns, and pronunciation and…

This institute focused on manufacturing industries for junior high industrial arts. It was attended by 20 teachers from 14 states who worked in four groups to develop pairs of instructional units titled "Introduction to Technology and Industrial Arts." Each of these units covers personnel management, engineering, production, finance, and…

The course of study represents the fourth of six modules in advanced crop and soil science and introduces the agriculture student to the topic of soil water. Upon completing the three day module, the student will be able to classify water as to its presence in the soil, outline the hydrological cycle, list the ways water is lost from the soil,…

The course of study represents the third of six modules in advanced crop and soil science and introduces the agriculture student to biological features of soil. Upon completing the two day lesson, the student will: (1) realize the vast amount of life present in the soil, (2) be able to list representative animal and plant life in the soil by size,…

This final evaluation measures the effects of an intensive staff development program in building and applying strategies to develop initial cognitive skills (BASICS) in children. Volunteer teachers from school districts in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Milan and their students in grades K-2 participated in the project. The main concept providing…

This publication includes lesson plans designed to help students and teachers explore students' rights and their corresponding responsibilities to others in the school and the community. Objectives are to demonstrate that an interrelationship exists between rights and responsibilities, that the freedom of expression inherent in the Student Bill of…

This handbook provides public school teachers and administrators of Oregon with teaching ideas and information about the energy crisis. Suggested activities are intended to inform students (kindergarten through community college) about their responsibility toward the energy crisis and to motivate energy conservation. The handbook is divided into…

The non-academic adult comes to his English class with deeply fixed convictions about teaching methods, proper classroom procedures, and what constitutes learning. Often, the less educated the student, the more firm and precise his ideas about education. To fly in the face of these convictions by presenting English using a methodology developed…

This teacher rating scale was sent to principals of alumni. The first six variables concern personality; the next 10 are directly associated with teaching. A factor analysis is being made. No statistical test of validity was made due to lack of a criterion measure. However, rater bias and test unreliability lower validity. (See TM 001 300 for…

This thesis describes a method for teaching English composition, with the parallel development of comprehension skills, to students in the Middle East Technical University. A survey of techniques for teaching English composition to foreign students is provided along with a discussion of the steps usually followed in writing instruction. The…

Two booklets comprise the grades 4-6 component of a series of guides for incorporating environmental education into the existing curriculum. Both the guide and handbook emphasize a multidisciplinary approach, use the concept of interdependence as an organizing theme, and offer suggestions for using the local community as a resource to study the…

In order to generate student interest in the Foreign Language Appreciation program the teacher must provide varied, organized lesson plans. This booklet consists of fourteen sample lesson plans and supplemental material for use in the Spanish classroom, seven for French, and four for Russian. Each plan states the objectives of the lesson, the…

This third of a 3-volume curriculum guide for Grades 1-9, contains master units for Grades 8-9 which incorporate career education concepts into the existing curriculum. The career education program for Grades 8 and 9 focuses on factors related to career choice, educational planning, decisionmaking, and personal information and individual…