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Burk, James E.; And Others – School Arts, 1981
Briefly outlines three sculpture projects for secondary students, two using papier mache, one using wood. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Sculpture, Secondary Education
Anderson, Susan; Hoot, James L. – Day Care and Early Education, 1986
Proposes woodworking as an appropriate play media for preschoolers. Points out the educational opportunities of woodworking and outlines the contents of a prospective "Carpenter Shop." Discusses precautions to be observed when children work with tools. (DR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Hand Tools, Play, Preschool Children
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Niswander, Virginia – School Arts, 1983
Perceptual motor dysfunctions may not allow children with learning and behavior problems to perform as most children do. A successful art activity for these children is construction using wood scraps. (SR)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Persons
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McKeegan, Paul – School Arts, 1980
Described are the methods and materials for an introductory sculpture experience in the Bauhaus foundation program. Bauhaus, a German art school founded in 1918, stressed science and technology as major resources for art and architecture. Hand-held sculptures were created to increase tactile sensitivity and three-dimensional spatial concepts. (KC)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Sculpture
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O'Brien, Herbert – School Arts, 1980
Described is the wild fowl carving, an arts project in the Environmental Arts Program of New Providence, New Jersey. Projects included ducks, decoys, and shore birds. (KC)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Environmental Education, Junior High Schools, Sculpture
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McKeegan, Paul – School Arts, 1981
Outlines a wood carving project for secondary art students. Includes tips on materials and tool use. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Hand Tools, Handicrafts, Sculpture
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Kulla-Branz, John – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1984
Woodworking experiences based on a task analysis approach can be motivating instructional experiences for preschool handicapped children. The article presents sequentially ordered hammering and sawing skills adaptations for specific disability groups. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Hand Tools, Learning Activities, Preschool Education
Kaylor, Robert; And Others – 1987
This courseware evaluation rates the Wood Programs software developed by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction. (These programs--not contained in this document--include understanding board feet, wood characteristics, wood safety drill, wood dimensions, wood moisture, operating the table saw, radial arm, measurement drill, fraction drill, and…
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Courseware, Hand Tools, High Schools
Whiteside, Karen, Ed. – Loblolly Magazine, 1986
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Act changed farm life dramatically. The miracle of electricity in rural East Texas is examined in "Electricity Comes to East Texas" (Brandi Anderson and others). Chronicled is a description of life without electricity and how everyday chores were done in its absence. Local citizens…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Folk Culture, Handicrafts, Lighting
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McIntyre, Margaret – Science and Children, 1977
Provides twelve instructional objectives useful in structuring a woodworking center for young children. Suggestions for field trips and further activities are included. (CS)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials
Schumacher, Leon, Ed. – 1994
This packet contains 25 single-page plans for agricultural mechanics projects. Each plan consists of a one-page set of drawings of the object to be made with a list of needed materials, a cut list, and step-by-step construction procedures on the back of the page. Plans for the following wood projects are included: bluebird house, lawn seat, dog…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Carpentry, Construction (Process)
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Evers, Rebecca B.; Bursuck, William D. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1995
This article presents learning strategies to help high school students with learning disabilities succeed in technical classes. Strategies address time management, memorization, and learning to use charts and graphs. Figures offer an example of breaking a project into subtasks, a self-questioning strategy, the CAN DO learning strategy, and a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Memorization
Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Inc., TX. – 1990
Each of the seven study guides combined in this packet provides a lesson that includes a reading or descriptive narrative of the topic, along with teaching objectives, questions to consider, and suggested classroom activities. Topics covered are: (1) "Introduction to the Concept of Folklife"; (2) "Southern Gospel Music and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture, Food
Adams, Polly K.; Taylor, Michaell K. – 1982
Information on the values of woodworking for young children and ways to introduce and manage a carpentry center for them are provided in this guide. The following topics are included: (1) the values of woodworking on child development; (2) how the teacher can use the center to provide for the integration, discovery, and development of woodworking…
Descriptors: Carpentry, Creative Activities, Developmental Stages, Discovery Learning
Haywood County Consolidated Schools, Waynesville, NC. – 1985
A curriculum alignment chart is presented that translates mathematics goals/indicators into related vocational skills for the wood technology course in the secondary vocational education curriculum. The chart contains three columns that correlate (1) vocational education performance indicators, (2) vocational education competency and mathematics…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Criteria, Industrial Arts
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