This handbook, for use in a prevocational program providing special education students in high school with occupational skills, provides guidelines and teaching procedures for use in implementing a program at district or school level. An overall description of the program delineates roles and responsibilities of all program participants, and…

This tentative student workbook provides occupational guidance for students in Grades 7, 8, and 9 by means of nine units focusing on self appraisal, general educational and vocational awareness, and specific career and school planning. A wide variety of worksheets includes reading materials, tests, vocabulary lists, games, check lists, and…

This elective quinmester program for grades 10 through 12 focuses upon the study of urban problems. Students analyze city problems taking into consideration ecology, city planning, model cities, and other factors in an attempt to provide creative solutions. The course is arranged into seven sections. Student activities are to: 1) discuss the…

This handbook is based upon a new social studies curriculum designed to give students guided experience in the responsible use of personal freedom. The new approach seeks to provide actual experience in the making of choices and judgements in order to improve man's relationship to his social and physical environment. Thus, the new social studies…

This guide for an elective (10-12) course was written as part of a total effort to revise curriculum to fit the quinmester administrative organization of schools. The guide is divided into: 1) a broad goals section; 2) a content outline; 3) objectives and learning activities; and, 4) recommended and supplementary teacher and student resources. The…

This quinmester course of study for grades seven through nine provides a framework for analyzing election processes in a democracy by investigating democratic societies of the past, and contrasting democracies with totalitarian types of government. Major emphasis is upon analyzing the system of institutionalized political parties, the…

This quinmester curriculum guide for grades 10-12 provides a framework for studying ancient history through medieval history. Emphasis is upon examining the formation and evolution of Western Civilization and considering the political, philosophical, and cultural impact that these periods exerted in the past and how they affect the present. How…

The model described here is designed to serve as a method whereby a local school management/implementation team can implement career oriented education. It provides infusion strategies, materials, and staff development techniques through which The Education Service Center (ESC) staff trains and supports the Local Education Agency (LEA) team, which…

A Latin Pilot Study was initiated by the Alexandria City Schools in the school year 1972-73 and continued in 1973-74 in an attempt to increase the English reading skills of elementary students. It was proposed that Latin instruction with strong emphasis on relating English words to their Latin roots and affixes would strengthen reading skills, in…

This revised edition of the 1972 publication of the same title presents teaching units for a black curriculum in early childhood education. Units deal with: (1) African life styles, literature, music and art; (2) black American language and literature; (3) Afro American music and art; and (4) social studies, as related to the black experience.…

Described in the curriculum guide is the SPARK (Seeking Purposeful, Analytical, Realistic Knowledge) Program designed for gifted and talented students in grades 6-12 in Calcasieu Parish (Louisiana). In an introductory section, brief segments cover such program elements as background, philosophy, rationale, goals, teacher and student objectives,…

Designed to supplement the existing curriculum at the fifth and sixth grade levels, this curriculum guide contains activities for the following subject areas: Social studies, math, fine arts, science, and language arts. Each subject area includes units of study which provide information (in column form) on career related activities, resources, and…

Curriculum guides for grades 3, 6, 8, and 10 are contained in this document. The introduction outlines the basic rationale of the program and provides suggestions for its implementation in specific situations. The program was developed under four equity career education related categories: The self, the individual and society, role expectations,…

A sequential 20-step system of career exploration is described in this book. Designed as a basic and complete text for career guidance courses, it may also be used on a do-it-yourself or independent basis. Objectives of the book are to (1) simplify the career search process by providing an effective step-by-step system, (2) individualize the…

This resource list of printed materials and videos is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. The resources cover various subjects concerning…