Presented in this teacher's guide for grades 7-12 are lessons plans and ideas for integrating industrial arts (power mechanics, graphic arts, plastics, and electricity/electronics) and environmental education. Each lesson originates with a fundamental concept pertaining to the environment and states, in addition, its discipline area, subject area,…

As one of the units on Native Americans developed by public school teachers enrolled in a University of Minnesota extension course on American Indian education, this grade-6 unit has as its overall objective the sensitization of the class to the cultural values of the Chippewa and Sioux residents of Minnesota reservations as contrasted to…

Presented in these 12 teacher's guides for grades 1-12 are lesson plans and ideas for integrating social studies and environmental education. Each lesson originates with a fundamental concept pertaining to the environment and states, in addition, its discipline area, subject area, and problem orientation. Following this, behavioral objectives and…

Presented in these 13 teacher's guides for grades K-12 are lesson plans and ideas for integrating science and environmental education. Each lesson originates with a fundamental concept pertaining to the environment and states, in addition, its discipline area, subject area, and problem orientation. Following this, behavioral objectives and…

Presented in these 13 teacher's guides for grades K-12 are lesson plans and ideas for integrating language arts and environmental education. Each lesson originates with a fundamental concept pertaining to the environment and states, in addition, its discipline area, subject area, and problem orientation. Following this, behavioral objectives and…

The rapid growth of educational research and development in America has widened the gap between average classroom practice and "best available" validated practices resulting from research and development at educational laboratories, universities, and school-based practice improvement projects. The extension agent system was chosen to change the…

An outdoor education workshop, initiated at the request of teachers in the Bear Creek Watershed area (Alabama), was conducted through a cooperative effort of local agencies and offices of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The purpose of the workshop was to demonstrate to the teachers how the outdoors can be utilized to introduce, strengthen, and…

Lesson plans, developed by teachers in an environmental education workshop, are compiled in this booklet. Curriculum areas covered by the plans include science, language arts, mathematics, social studies, art, recreation, and health. In general they specify: subject category, contributor's name, title of activity, grade level, major concept,…

Lesson plans, developed by teachers in an environmental education workshop, are compiled in this booklet. Curriculum areas covered by the plans include science, language arts, mathematics, social studies, art, recreation, and health. In general they specify: subject category, contributor's name, title of activity, grade level, major concept,…

Lesson plans, developed by teachers in an environmental education workshop, are compiled in this booklet. Curriculum areas covered by the plans include map skills, art, language arts, science, social studies, mathematics, and physical education and recreation. In general they specify: subject category, contributor's name, title of activity, grade…

This experimental course of study for high school students was designed to prepare teenage consumers to understand the choice of products and services offered in the marketplace and to make their choices wisely. Billions of dollars annually are spent by teenagers on merchandise and services. The need for a course in consumer education is so…

Teachers wanting to translate principles into classroom practice are the intended audience for these sample lessons from an English program for young school leavers, i.e., students 11-16 years old. Divided into three approaches (single units, short themes, and longer themes), these samples are drawn from portfolios assembled in workshops held in…

The Center for the Study of Migrant and Indian Education has recognized the need to develop special materials to improve the non-Indian's understanding of the differences he observes in his Indian classmates and to promote a better understanding by American Indian children of their unique cultural heritage. Little Bear is a story of a young Yakima…

The Center for the Study of Migrant and Indian Education has recognized the need to develop special materials to improve the non-Indian's understanding of the differences he observes in his Indian classmates and to promote a better understanding by American Indian children of their unique cultural heritage. The Greedy Little Boy is a traditional…

This guide for the teaching of English at the Eighth Level centers around the improvement of reading while continuing to acquire knowledge in the subject area. The material in the guide is presented under the following topic headings: Rationale and Minimum Floors for Reading; Eighth Level: Point of View; Behavioral Objectives; Check List of Skills…