In this classroom activity secondary students determine conditions present at the onset of the Civil War to understand some of the basic reasons why the Union and Confederacy employed certain strategies designed to win the war. Students are assigned the role of a general and they work in groups to analyze graphs and maps and develop military…

Describes a method of preparing students for "fluent" foreign language radio listening by making them aware of current affairs and by actually training them to listen. The first part consists of getting students to recognize cognates, the second expands into noncognates. The course outline is given. (PJM)

The article provides teachers of elementary students with suggestions for incorporating the Super 8 movie camera in the classroom and for teaching simple filmmaking techniques as animation and special effects. (CL)

Independent listening activities using standard audiovisual equipment with an emphasis on discrimination, recognition, and comprehension tasks were developed for 14 deaf students (14 to 16 years old) in speech class. (CL)

A summary of research on humor that has practical implications for those who work with children. (Author/MP)

First in a series of four month-by-month curriculum planning guides to daily activities for preschoolers for use by parents, teachers, and day care providers. (MP)

Describes a first grade class project in which the students sold pumpkins at Halloween to raise money for new playground equipment. (JMB)

Lists and describes varieties of plants which survive drying out, cooling down, heating up, and being brushed against and touched too often, such as might occur in any classroom. Also lists some edible plants. (RH)

Suggests supplementary spelling activities involving selection of a phonetic element and construction of student-generated word lists. Designed for fifth graders, the activities can be adapted to any grade level. (CM)

A teacher of primary grade gifted students describes the class's reactions to a six-week unit on the handicapped. Activities are said to have focused on the meaning of specific conditions, the range of careers in working with the handicapped, and observation of a preschool class for deaf students. (CL)

Suggests several activities to be used with variants of folk tales to develop an appreciation of folklore in children and sharpen their critical reading skills. (DD)

Presents ideas for creative music, mathematics, language, and social studies activities for use in the classroom. (CM)

This exercise, which can be used with secondary students, illustrates the influence of the Greek language on the English language. Students study some Greek words which appear in the Greek version of the Hippocratic Oath and try to figure out English words that contain the Greek words in some way. (Author/RM)

Suggests language arts and interdisciplinary activities to improve students' handwriting. (DD)