This guide contains a comprehensive, annotated resource list intended to assist teachers in selecting resources for the kindergarten classroom. The resources are listed alphabetically under the two main headings: Series and Individual Resources. A listing of suppliers, including regional resource and urban media centers, and a title/series index…

This annotated bibliography of suggested materials is intended to assist program directors and classroom teachers in determining appropriate materials for teaching legalization and citizenship candidates. The bibliography is a selected list of materials on the subjects of citizenship, government, and United States history identified for use with…

Environmental education resources are presented in three categories: (1) print materials; (2) non-print materials; and (3) physical resources. The print material category is subdivided into two sections: books, booklets, and card sets; and magazines, reports, and pamphlets. Entries, arranged alphabetically by title within each section, include…

Designed to make quality Canadian materials known to teachers, librarians, and administrators, this annotated bibliography lists materials in the following categories: activity books, art, hobbies and crafts, business education law, Canadian studies, geography, guidance, health, home economics, language and literature, Manitoba history,…

Summarized is a study designed to indicate how secondary school science teachers in Great Britain choose and use industrially produced resource materials (IPRM). Among the types of IPRM considered are films, videos, and computer simulations. Suggestions are given for improving materials for schools. (RH)

Program and professional development staff in adult education currently employ a variety of strategies to select professional development materials, but generally lack a systematic selection approach. Selections are often based on familiarity rather than quality or how well-suited the materials are to the learning goals of instructors and the…

Many believe that children begin to learn science from the moment they start to perceive their environment. They have an innate need to make sense of what happens. Little by little, they form a useful model of the world around them. Before children go to school, they exercise their natural curiosity daily. School can expand a child's understanding…

Provides resources for rural recycling operations with the principle aim of assisting rural government officials, planners, residents, and educators to encourage recycling as an integral part of an individual's or community's solid waste management plan. Sources range from bibliographies, directories, and government documents to case studies. (49…

This is an annotated bibliography of educational materials for Indochinese students. The bibliography focuses on classroom materials for Indochinese students, but also includes teacher-training materials. There is one section each for Indochinese, Vietnamese, Lao/Hmong, Cambodian (Khmer), and Chinese materials. The Vietnamese and Cambodian…

This bibliography is designed to identify quality educational materials about Canada for teachers, librarians, and administrators. Grade levels are indicated by broad categories, by particular suitability, and where provided, and price stated for each item. The materials are listed under the following categories: activity books, art, business…

This English Language Arts Core Curriculum is a standards-based document that provides an additional level of specificity to the learning standards for English language arts adopted by the New York State Board of Regents in 1996. It is designed to provide assistance, while allowing for creativity, in the development of local instructional…

Reports results of an informal survey that identified instructional materials used in teaching cataloging and classification in library and information science programs in the United States and Canada. A listing of materials is provided under the headings of cataloging and classification tools, textbooks, and background and supplementary reading…

The support materials in this guide provide background and content materials for school personnel and others to modify and use in their education programming on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) for K-12 students. The following support materials are included: (1) the U.S. Surgeon General's report on AIDS; (2) digest and reference guide to…

This manual is intended to serve as a resource book for law professors and program directors who would like to conduct a program for teaching law students to instruct the public in their areas of the law. Over 30 law schools nationwide offer credit or compensation to law students to teach in the community, primarily in high schools, but also in…

This manual for directors of school-age child care (SACC) programs contains six sections. Section I provides a rationale for SACC. Section II describes characteristics of school-age children. The extensive Section III discusses characteristics of high quality SACC. After an initial discussion of the importance of out-of-school time, the section…