The course will enable the business education student to continue to develop skills in typewriting, filing, and communication that were begun in the prerequisite course, Office Career Occupations No. 2. The course also includes an exploration of shorthand systems and basic operations of full- and ten-key adding machines. The recognition of both…

This guide, one component of the Resource Recovery Education Kit (See SO 007 866 for a description), contains ideas and activities for teaching about solid waste disposal in secondary level industrial arts classes. Among the course objectives are the following: (1) to understand that litter represents a small but highly visible portion of our…

With an acute awareness of learning problems among inner-city students, the teachers in New Haven, Connecticut, modified their courses to relate to the opportunities and challenges of modern education. They reorganized the traditional, year-long, survey history courses into quarter miniunits which emphasize the inquiry approach to analyzing…

The National Humanities Faculty working papers collected in this document consider the process of curriculum development and approaches in curriculum presentation. Janet Hanley's "Success or Failure in Curriculum Development: Six Ways to Know" provides a set of review questions for curriculum developers to help insure a successful course. A. D.…

This monograph uses the empirical relationship between income and years of school completed to examine differences in private economic incentives to invest in education among important segments of the population of the United States. Specifically, the relationship between income and education is examined as it is affected by race, sex, age,…

The course of study represents the first of six modules in advanced crop and soil science and introduces the agriculture student to the topic of soil management. Upon completing the two day lesson, the student will be able to define "soil", list the soil forming agencies, define and use soil terminology, and discuss soil formation and…

This first year progress report describes a comprehensive, coordinated child care program for employee and student families in a medical center community. The model child care system as conceptualized in this project provides: (1) a Counseling-Coordination Office for compiling community resource information and assistance-in-placement services,…

A bibliography is presented which covers the areas of library education; library science research; educational research; curriculum planning; teaching methods; various uses of media; school libraries and media centers; social science research; educational societies, associations, and research bureaus; and accreditation. Types of materials cited…

This special report on career education is to provide school practitioners at all levels, and others concerned with education, with an overview of the most up-to-date information in the area. The topics discussed are an overview of career education, the need for educational revolution in our schools because of the rapid development and promotion…

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the functions, criticisms, costs, and consumer analysis of advertising; Federal and State regulations of industry operation and advertising; Federal, State, and city agencies for consumer protection; private and business-sponsored organizations for consumer protection; and rights and…

The course focuses on comparison shopping, store etiquette, impulse buying, interpreting labels, specials, loss leaders, standards in relation to need, installment or cash costs. It is primarily designed for consumer or homemaking education, rather than directly related to specific occupational preparation, although it has value for a prospective…

The study brings together in one work a brief history of American Indian policy in the United States for the use of students, teachers, government employees, and the general reader. More detail has been supplied for the period since 1930 to enable the reader to see the processes involved in the adoption, administration, and eventual changes in…

The study compiles and records the history of the administration of education for Alaskan natives since the United States purchased the territory from Russia in 1876. Chapter 1, An Overview of the Development of the Alaskan Native, covers the development of missionary and government schools, the growth and development of Native education from 1906…

This resource unit, developed by the University of Minnesota's Project Social Studies, introduces eighth graders to the legislative process. The unit uses case studies such as the Civil Rights Acts of 1960 and 1964 and attempts to change the Rules Committee in 1961. It also uses much data on background of congressmen and on distribution of…

This K-12 curriculum guide represents North Allegheny's integrated, planned, and continuous program covering various topics concerning human development at different age levels. The major objective of the guide is to establish for teachers acceptable content and materials which focus generally on human development but more specifically on topics…