These materials are designed to provide a compact listing of sources of information as well as a collection of tested formats for collecting resource information for a town or city. It provides supplementary materials for the Land Use Decision Making Kit. Among materials included are listings of federal agencies involved in water and land use…

Written for vocational educators as part of a project called "Modifying Regular Programs and Developing Curriculum Materials for the Vocational Education of the Handicapped," this guide contains discussion on 13 topics: (1) What Must It Be Like? (2) The Terminology Jungle (Degree of Hearing Loss, Age at Onset, Type of Hearing Loss), (3)…

This document provides background and references for educational programs on cooperatives. Seven major topics are covered: Cooperatives Are Distinctive Business Corporations, Types of Cooperatives (such as agricultural, credit, housing, crafts, health, memorial association, fishing, forestry, recreation, labor, buying clubs, consumer, student, and…

Describes a collection of 50 political cartoons by American cartoonists depicting famous events and issues from 1754 through 1960. Indicates that the cartoon and information packet should be effective on secondary and college levels. It can be ordered from J. Weston Walch, Publisher, Box 658, Portland, Maine 04104. (Author/DB)

Principal sources of data on employment and earnings or income are outlined here. Among them are Labor Department data sources, Labor Department publications, census publications from 1970 census, and the Social Security administration. (Author/AM)

Interviewing is used as a primary resource in studying women in Canadian society. Suggests that students interview family members first, and then branch out to women in the community. Resources on the role of women are listed, including nonfiction sources, memoirs, autobiographies, regional treatments, and historical novels. (BC)

Advocates archaeology as a method to examine historiographical resources, enhance appreciation of historical reconstructions, and promote critical thinking. Archaeology is seen as a subject that can reduce students' boredom with traditionally taught history and increase their involvement in the methods of historians. Includes an annotated list of…

Provides an annotated list of references for use in teaching about Acadian regions of Canada, along with a brief statement about the movements of eighteenth century Acadian settlers. References include general histories of the Maritime provinces which contain information on Acadian history, and publications on Acadian history in particular. (BC)

Author suggests that contemporary song lyrics can illustrate the pluralism of male and female relationships. Social themes suggested are positive and negative self-images, submission, dominance, independence, and rebellion. Songs and performers are listed for each theme, and an extensive songbook and women's studies bibliography is provided. (BC)

The author suggests that the librarian should be more than a dispenser of books and films, and should actively advocate humanist values and thus help young people with their problems. Included is a list of materials designed to help librarians keep up with issues, problems, and opinions among minority youth. (KC)

Describes a workshop in which doorknobs were introduced as one set of physical objects which could help both teachers and students develop a better understanding of social history and the past. Teachers examined decoration, design, function, and technical developments and learned the historical significance of a formerly insignificant object. (KC)

A mail survey was conducted in 1977-78 to determine American Hispanists' perceived needs in research tools for Spanish and Portuguese literatures/linguistics. This article summarizes the study's findings and its recommendations as to which projects should receive the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. (KM)

This article describes how logic is used as the basis of medical diagnosis, i.e., the presence or absence of certain symptoms implies the presence or absence of certain diseases. This usage is then illustrated with a real example. (MP)

Describes the "Packaging Useful to Schools Campaign," a one year experiment in providing free instructional materials to primary schools in Portugal. Materials such as maps, clock faces, detachable letters, rulers, protractors, and compass cards were printed by manufacturers on their packaging materials and were later recycled to…

Presents a chart of anti-Jewish laws which were instituted in Germany from 1933-38. Sections of the laws are reprinted and a short explanation of the laws is given. (Author/DB)