The document provides a collection of curriculum ideas and suggestions for teaching gifted and talented students, with emphasis on self-directed learning and differentiation of the curriculum. Section I outlines steps for developinq a self-directed learning environment and includes resource materials lists and sample evaluation sheets. Among topics covered in a section on developing programs are the following: program goals and prototypes, teaching/learning models, principles of curriculum for the gifted/talented, development of creativity, teacher qualifications, and evaluation of gifted programs. A final section (which makes up the bulk of the document) contains reprints of articles on the following activities: making/recycling paper, weather report/setting up a weather station, the museum you live in/architecture, tracing your own roots, looking at the future, metric measuring, newspaper math, creativity and old time radio/sound effects, paper bag skeletons, holiday activities, and discussion topics. (SBH)