THE 6-YEAR SEQUENCE AVOIDS NEEDLESS REPETITION IN COURSE OFFERINGS. ADAPTED COURSES WERE DEVELOPED TO MEET THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF STUDENTS LESS WELL QUALIFIED TO PURSUE GENERAL ACADEMIC COURSES. APPROPRIATE TEXTUAL MATERIALS AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES WERE GEARED TO MINIMUM ESSENTIALS. EACH YEAR'S PROGRAM IS OUTLINED BY UNIT AND INCLUDES…

The report has two purposes: (1) to describe the current status of high school courses in four midwestern states, and (2) to describe in specific terms the status of social studies programs in those states. For both studies, 265 schools in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska were grouped by enrollment figures into five classifications ranging…