This unit of study, one of a series of eight, provides a method for students to study U.S. history through reviewing the advertising of specific periods to learn about customers, styles, language, and interests of specific eras. The advertising of the past chronicles everyday people and everyday life. Advertising is used to examine five periods in…

The guide was designed to help teachers select materials for infusing career education into classroom activities for elementary aged hearing impaired pupils (as originated at the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School). Listed are approximately 250 materials (books, captioned films, film loops, filmstrips, games, kits, manipulatives, pamphlets,…

The teacher of elementary level gifted students discusses successful creative writing activities. Among the reasons for students to learn writing early in the educational program are that written expression complements oral communication, heightens awareness of ordinary experiences, and helps students become more appreciative of language.…

Through this review of several research studies, racial prejudice in young children is documented and the need is addressed for establishing a multicultural education program beginning with preschool children. A schema and a supporting rationale for such a multicultural program are stated in order to provide a direction for planners, and…

Much can be gained by providing preschool children opportunities to work on projects. Projects invite children's participation at various developmental levels; strengthen their capacity and disposition for involvement in work requiring sustained effort; and are ideal for mixed age, ability, or linguistic groups. Teachers have a central role to…

This document advocates special observances at school as a way of honoring the nation's people and teaching respect for others in the context of multiculturalism. The introduction provides general advice on maximizing the impact of special observances. Section 1 cites ways of stimulating interest such as showing films, and displaying posters,…

Causal conjunctions that form a grammatical bridge between simple and complex sentences can be either plus or minus causal conjunctions. The category of plus causal conjunctions includes a "because" group (since, as, because of, owing to, due to, as a result of, as a consequence of) and a "so" group (therefore, hence, consequently, accordingly, as…

Suggests exercises to increase fluency with numbers for use primarily with children and teenagers learning English as a second language. (KM)

Reports on a reading teacher and cosmetology instructor working together in a vocational-technical school to develop a practical procedure for reading in a content area. (RB)

Describes a reading program for children who have reached the middle grades without having mastered the basics of reading.

Presents a technique for teaching poetry to disadvantaged youths. (RB)

Rules are presented for the planning and acting out of "speaking games." Further, the methodical designing and the functioning of "speaking games" are discussed, using five actual examples as models. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Article suggested that if teachers are adequate to the task, all manner of lessons can be drawn from pets. These run the gamut from math to language skills to social sciences to sex education. (Author/RK)

Presents illustrations of numerous optical illusions which can be used in the classroom to amuse and to stimulate discussion. (MLH)

Describes the class activities for the first day of a freshman composition class aimed at making students more aware of linguistic and dialectal diffferences. (R B)