The objectives and perspective for a program with the educable mentally handicapped are presented in the Wisconsin curriculum guide. The described concepts and activities revolve around 12 Persisting Life Situations which include communicating ideas, understanding one's self and others, traveling, adjustment to various situations, health care,…

The guide is intended to help social studies teachers incorporate activities and materials into the curriculum that reflect the role of the Negro in history, and to encourage the development of student understanding of Negro history and culture. Suggested units are: Race and Culture, African Heritage, The Legacy of Slavery, Striving for Freedom,…

Developed by educators, professional foresters, employers, and U.S. Office of Education personnel, this curriculum guides was designed to assist school administrators, advisory committees, supervisors, and teachers in planning and developing new programs or evaluating existing programs in forest technology. The content includes sections on: (1)…

At the International Meeting on Film and Television Teaching held in Norway in 1962, experts and specialists from 18 countries came together to discuss aims, methods, and means whereby people, especially the young, would be helped to deepen their enjoyment of the cinema and television. The resulting study attempts to fill the need of teachers of…

This sourcebook provides science investigations for junior high students. These investigation are coordinated with the seven integrating conceptual schemes formulated in 1964 under the auspices of National Science Teachers Association. The investigations were developed, classroom tested, and contributed by classroom teachers. (RS)

Prepared by participants in the 1968 National Defense Education Act Institute on Wood Technology, this syllabus is one of a series of basic outlines designed to aid college level industrial arts instructors in improving and broadening the scope and content of their programs. The primary objective of this course outline is to point out the…

A comprehensive guide for home economists, the article treats five major ideas for planning home economics departments in schools, as follows--(1) the importance of sharing the planning responsibility among teacher, parent, and administrator, citing an example of successful planning, (2) the need for teaching methods, course content and equipment…

The outdoor lab was planned to serve all grade levels and incorporate all aspects of outdoor education. Ideas for lab and classroom activities are presented for the following subject areas: physical education, elementary grades, physics, chemistry, mathematics, English, industrial arts, home economics, biology, social studies, conservation, art…

An experimental bibliography course designed for prospective graduate students suggests three major course content divisions. The unit topics include: (1) evaluation of the usefulness of reference tools, (2) discussion of literary periodicals, structure of modern articles, and documentation, and (3) an introduction to descriptive-analytical…

Books and periodicals published between 1951 and 1969 are listed in this 108-item annotated bibliography of materials on general research in education, on programs affecting social change, and on the backgrounds of Indian people of Canada. Materials are grouped under 10 headings: (1) books by and about Indian people, (2) general education, (3)…

As a Title III project of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools (specifically St. Bethlehem School) developed this resource guide for outdoor education in grades 1-6. The concept stated by L. B. Sharp--"That which can best be taught in the out-of-doors should be taught there"--provided the focus for…

The curriculum guide outlines a course in anthropology for grades 9-12. Having completed the course, the student will be able to (1) describe in general terms the social science of anthropology; (2) demonstrate the concept of culture through definition and examples; (3) identify some important goals of anthropology; (4) describe the various fields…

The subject of this bibliography, women in American labor history, deals with women in unions from 1825 to 1935, as well as with such topics as worker education, legislative lobbying, and the recruitment of interest groups. The termination date of the works cited in the bibliography, 1935, was chosen as a time when craft unionism began to decline…

The resource manual provides information about more than 80 reading programs and systems issued by 40 publishers. Compiled expressly for adult basic education teachers and administrators involved in correctional institutions, it describes only those reading programs intended for adults. Information is offered about commercial programs,…

Prepared for use in the 5th grade, this teacher's handbook consists of 19 science units dealing with environmental education. Topics are ecology, language arts, rocks and fossils, soil, noise pollution, Nashville pioneers and American Indians, conservation, waste and litter, water pollution, compass and mapping, plants and trees, use of the…