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…

In this brief course outline are material and content designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to act as receptionists in an office atmosphere. Functional duties--telephone calls, petty cash, simple typing jobs, making travel arrangements and appointments--compose the course content. Also provided: performance objectives…

The course is designed for students, grades 10 to 12, with vocational aspirations in the field of interior design or in related fields. An individualized approach is used, and behavioral objectives are specified. The course outline cites independent study guidelines, career projects, design projects, decorating projects, construction and…

This resource packet provides a sample of free and inexpensive learning activities and materials on African culture for elementary and secondary grade students which are available from the African-American Institute. Learning activities entitled "Essential Africa for the Twenty-First Century" are designed to help pupils realize that Africans are…

Intended for the student interested in obtaining high speed and control, the course includes drills that will enable the student to prepare more complex business forms and reports with a high degree of speed and accuracy. It is a culminating basic course for vocational competency, requiring the course Advanced Clerical Typewriting (7705.11) as a…

The purpose of this document is to provide educational researchers and administrators with the material needed to replicate the study, Assessment of School-Supervised Work Education Programs, within a sphere of interest limited geographically, vocationally, or in other functional ways. The procedures used to carry out this study and produce its…

The Career Data Book presents data from tests and inventories administered to 108,000 individuals in a five-year followup to Project Talent, a longitudinal study whose goal is to relate the aptitudes, interests, and education of American youth to their occupational choices. The Project conducts periodic surveys on members of the sample over a…

This guide is the result of a workshop effort directed toward planning a strategy for implementing career education within the Mesa Unified School District. It was developed to assist teachers in becoming familiar with career education and acquainting them with the instructional resources available to them. Comprehensive in scope, the guide sets…

This guide is for teachers and administrators involved in the preparation and implementation of kindergarten programs. Part I, in a series of captioned photographs, reviews basic qualities and needs of young children. Part II examines historical events important in the development of early childhood education, and describes several educational…

This tentative course outline is for use in one of the Quinmester Program classes, Opaque Watercolor. Designed for students in grades 7-12, with no prerequisite, the course includes the introduction of a variety of techniques in a number of opaque media including tempera, gouache, and cassein. Matting and mounting techniques are also taught. A…

In this survey course high school students investigated Black artists in America. Objectives are for students to explore the Black artists' contribution to the American art scene; to analyze the impact of the new Black movement on trends in American art; and to participate in the design and creation of various art objects which reflect this…

The authors introduce their guide with a preface that describes the benefits to be gained by making media a part of the curriculum and suggests some of the problems of attempting such a step. They give workable suggestions for selling the idea of improving media study to colleagues, administrators, and even the community, and they lay the…

Various usages for newspapers in the ninth-grade English classroom are suggested in detail in this teacher's guide. Two large sections--one designed for classes with average learners and one for classes with slow learners--are subdivided into units on the short story, drama, nonfiction, and the novel. Newspapers are used for teaching reading,…