This Home Economics Educations Package (HEEP) is written to be used as a consumer education course on the selection of window treatments. The objective of the course is for each student to know the types of window treatments available and to be able to select window treatments to meet present or future needs. This guide has been divided into four…

Sponsored by the Title III Elementary and Secondary Education Act Project "Discovery Outdoor Education", this guide is a collection of inexpensive, innovative, homemade equipment and devices for physical activities. Although designed for the impaired, disabled, and handicapped, these materials are adaptable to and applicable for groups…

The guide, prepared to supplement the existing curriculum, suggests activities for teachers related to three goals: (1) Self Goal: the student developing an awareness of who he/she is and through effective decision-making what he/she can become; (2) Society Goal: the student becoming aware of the interrelationships of society with his/her school,…

The guide, prepared to supplement the existing curriculum, suggests activities for teachers related to three goals: (1) Self Goal: the student developing an awareness of who he/she is and through effective decision-making what he/she can become; (2) Society Goal: the student becoming aware of the interrelationships of society with his/her school,…

The selective bibliography lists approximately 70 books and materials for teachers of gifted and talented students. Arranged alphabetically by author are 32 "practical" books (containing teaching suggestions and activities), 9 "humanistic" books (dealing with psychology and mental health), and 12 "theory" books (on topics such as creativity and…

Designed for those interested in teaching abroad, this book describes opportunities available through government agencies and multinational organizations which sponsor or coordinate international educational projects. The opportunities range from kindergarten to college teaching. The publication is divided into the following sections: (1) U. S.…

Organizations and individuals who participated in an adult education workshop are listed and described. Publications and information sources in adult education are included. Instruction is given on how to apply for program or project funds. A section on searching skills and sources describes adult education magazines, information sources in state…

The four teacher's guides, emphasizing career education and its infusion into existing curriculum, are for the following units of instruction and suggested grade levels: entering the world of work, 5-12; making money with a classroom store, 8-12; meteorologist/radio station, 9; and banking, 9-10. Each unit is organized under several strategies and…

More than 1,000 publications, the majority of which were published in the 1960's, are cited and annotated in this bibliography on poverty among rural populations. Some major classifications of documents are income, sociological characteristics, health, housing, and education of the rural poor. Separate sections of the bibliography pertain to…

The bibliography cites 169 books and articles, published between 1928 and 1967, on the problems of southwestern minority groups. A selected list of 69 professional books for teachers and adult students from different cultural backgrounds is included. Both lists are author-indexed. In addition, a motion picture series, a newspaper, and 6 resource…

The purpose of this paper is to alert elementary and secondary social studies teachers to certain new approaches to projects and materials in environmental education in the context of education in general. It is also a guide to the use of other available programs. Selective rather than complete, the paper offers a sampling of programs social…

This skit is presented as an example of a creative writing assignment that combines humanities with social studies. The author recommends that high school teachers make such assignments for themselves and their students. The teacher is given the same assignment because brushing up on rusty composition skills and direct experience in creative…

The present report is intended as a source book for teachers of psychology, particularly at the high school level. Prior to the decision to produce this book, it was recognized, by the participants in a five-week project at Oberlin in the summer of 1970, that psychology is presented to students in diverse ways at this level --in courses designated…

These resource curriculum materials for a home economics course are presented here for use by teachers to prepare disadvantaged students for their homemaker family member role and the dual roles of homemaker and wage earner. The purpose of the study is to discover some implications for teaching those students from poverty areas in an urban setting…

These are the student materials for the experimental 12th grade economics course outlined and described in ECON 12: Teacher's Materials (see SO 000 029). The materials for the seven lessons of Unit I, "What is Economics," and the eight lessons of Unit II, "U. S. Price System," include content outlines, worksheets, graphs, some…