This preliminary draft of instructional materials for an English curriculum offering vocational preparation focuses on grammar concepts, selected vocational English topics, and the use of resource materials. The unit plans contain general and specific behavioral objectives, student activities, and teaching procedures. Information sheets, student…

This tentative curriculum guide for 9-week occupational guidance classes in Grades 7, 8, and 9 will provide counselors and teachers with lesson plans and resource materials in career education. Directions for use of the guide precede the nine units, which focus on self appraisal, general educational and vocational awareness, and specific career…

The instructional materials in this teaching guide for Course II, Unit IV, follow and build upon a previous sequential course described in SO 003 169 offering ninth grade students a study on the development of Western European Civilization. Focus is upon four periods of high development: The High Middle Ages (12th Century), The Renaissance (15th…

Designed as an elective course of study for grades seven through nine, this curriculum guide provides a study of the political, economic, and social aspects of ecological problems in the community, state, or nation. The focus is on the causes and effects of pollution and alternative courses of governmental and student (citizen) action. A suggested…

The American Studies quinmester course for grades ten through twelve on the United States and Asia emphasizes how United States foreign policy evolved in Asia from the Spanish American War in 1898 which was a turning point in policy to the present and the need to understand the involvement of foreign policy and its implication for mutual…

The purpose of this quinmester course is to engage secondary students into acting out the role of legislators, requiring them to practice effective extemporaneous speaking, prepared public speaking, and congressional debating techniques. A full understanding of specific parliamentary procedures and methods used in the federal legislative branch is…

This course of study was written as part of a total effort to revise curriculum to fit the quinmester (five 9-week periods) administrative organization of the Dade County Schools. The major intent of this publication is to provide a broad framework of goals and objectives, content, teaching strategies, class activities, and materials all related…

The elective course of study about the lives of selected Americans who shaped events is intended for grades seven through nine and arranged to fit the quinmester administrative organization of schools. Aims for students are to: study key individuals in the context of their time to understand how they affect culture and history; identify with…

One of a series, this curriculum guide is designed for use as a supplement to a 12th grade course entitled "Consumer Education, Materials for an Elective Course" described in ED 022 044, or as an independent unit. Education is viewed here not only as a consumer purchase but also as a preparation for future employment. Ways are given to use money…

Prepared by a committee of eight secondary special education teachers, this curriculum guide is designed for secondary teachers who have specialized training in the area of mental retardation. It provides suggested techniques and resources for planning and implementing programs for a 4-quarter school year that will help the mentally retarded…

This elective course in world studies for grades 10 through 12 written as part of a total effort to revise curriculum to fit the five quinmester nine-week time periods for administrative organization of schools, provides an inductive analysis of the concept of totalitarianism. The student, given source material, primary information, and textual…

The elective (10-12) course outlined in this guide is designed to fit the quinmester organization of schools. The guide is divided into: 1) a broad goals section; 2) a content outline; 3) objectives and learning activities; and, 4) multimedia resources for teacher and student. The course is described as a study of crime in America, including the…

Students, grades 7 through 9, will examine and hopefully gain understanding of the process for effecting change within the structure of a Democratic society in this quinmester course of study. Focus is upon the reasons, limits, methods, and effectiveness of American dissent bringing about social change. The responsibility of citizenship in a…

THE EXPERIMENT OF CUE (CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING ENRICHMENT) WAS DESIGNED TO BRING THE BENEFITS OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES TO STUDENTS TO ENABLE THEM TO FORM TASTES, JUDGMENT ABILITIES, VALUES, AND BEHAVIORAL GOALS. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS COVERED WERE ENGLISH, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, INDUSTRIAL ARTS, AND HOME ECONOMICS. THE ELEMENTS OF THE CUE…

This publication lists federal programs which provide services relating to child care, grouped under the sponsoring agencies: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Department of Agriculture; Department of Labor, Community Services Administration, Appalachian Regional Commission, Department of the Interior, Internal Revenue Service, and…