This curriculum guide on the subject of nutrition is designed to aid health education teachers of students from grade seven through grade twelve. It is divided into three parts. Part one presents background information for teachers who have had no formal training in nutrition, and also serves as a review for school nurses and health educators. In…

This handbook, compiled by the Oklahoma State Science Committee, presents the basic philosophy of a school science program. Curriculum models in the publication are taken from several elementary science course improvement projects. Program organization and evaluation, relationships of science to the total school program, preparation of elementary…

Designed as a practical reference for curriculum developers, education faculty, and veteran and student teachers, this book provides basic information on the background of language arts curriculum as well as current information on publications, standards, and special materials for the K-12 English/language arts. The first part of the book…

Building maintenance is a basic two-year trade education course requiring 2 1/2 hours of study on each of 160 teaching days per year. Student abilities should range from those capable of the simplest custodial work to those who may eventually be superintendents of building complexes. The syllabus is organized in sections by traditional skills…

The assessment of student writing is an essential task for writing teachers, and yet many graduate programs do not require students to take a course in assessment or evaluation, and courses on teaching writing often devote only a limited amount of time to the discussion of assessment. Furthermore, teachers frequently need to prepare their students…

This second section of a three-part syllabus for a flexible curriculum in trade electricity-electronics contains four semi-independent units: (1) Advanced Electricity, (2) Residential and Commercial Wiring, (3) Industrial Electricity, and (4) Motor Controls. Introductory sections describe development of the curriculum, outline the total trade…

This syllabus presents material to be covered in chemistry for pupils of varying skills and abilities in New York public high schools. An outline of topics provides an overview of the principles, concepts, and applications included within the course and tested in the New York State Regents Examination. Twelve units of study are described. Material…

THIS PUBLICATION OF THE NCTE/ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH, COMPILED BY THE NCTE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW CURRICULUM GUIDES, PROVIDES INFORMATIVE AND EVALUATIVE ANNOTATIONS FOR 39 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY CURRICULUM GUIDES. THESE GUIDES, REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED IN 1965-67, ARE PRESENTED HERE AS A RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS AND AGENCIES WHICH…

This annotated listing of curriculum materials for Distributive Education provides planners, administrators, vocational educators, and others with information as to available curriculum materials developed by the various States. The materials are identified with the instructional titles and codes from the classification system of the Office of…

This curriculum guide was developed by a committee organized to produce a common course in journalism for Kentucky secondary schools. The committee's primary goals were to make the journalism course (1) consumer oriented in order to help students become intelligent consumers of media products, and (2) all inclusive in terms of giving attention to…

GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten. SUBJECT MATTER: Using Cuisenaire rods. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide contains a short introductory section followed by a sequential series of 40 lessons. Diagrams are interspersed throughout the text. The guide is mimeographed and spiral bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 13. SUBJECT MATTER: Chemistry. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into 15 units, each of which is in list form. It is offset printed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: No objectives are mentioned. Topics to be covered are listed in each unit. Most units also list several…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 1-6. SUBJECT MATTER: French (for French-speaking students). ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in French. It is divided into two sections, one for grades 1-3, and one for grades 4-6. The first section has four chapters and the second has five. The guide is offset printed and staple-bound with a paper cover.…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 9-13. SUBJECT MATTER: French (for French-speaking students). ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in French. It is divided into five sections--spoken language, grammar, spelling, composition, and "explication de texte." Within each section a curriculum is outlined for 2-, 3-, 4-year programs at each grade…

GRADES OR AGES: No mention. SUBJECT MATTER: Algebra. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into seven separately bound units. Unit headings are introduction, sets of numbers and axioms, open sentences in one variable, systems of linear open sentences, polynomials and factoring, rational numbers and expressions (A), and…