Proposed curriculum topics for elementary school mathematics have been arranged in topic form. Six areas are covered: numbers and numeration, sets, whole numbers, fractions, problem solving, and geometry and measurement. The first section briefly explains the six areas and also includes a short discussion of teaching strategies, number sentences,…

Long Island Sound is an estuary of national significance and provides important economic, recreational, and aesthetic value to the citizens of Connecticut and New York. Investigations have been conducted regarding living marine resources and nutrient loading. However, Long Island Sound is often overlooked as an educational resource. This guide is…

THIS GUIDEBOOK DESCRIBES THE NATURE AND USE OF THE MATERIALS PREPARED FOR TEACHING THREE OF THE MAIN DIALECTS OF QUECHUA TO SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH INTERESTED IN WORKING OR DOING RESEARCH IN THE ANDEAN REGION. DESCRIPTIVE AND PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR EACH OF THREE IMPORTANT DIALECTS--CUZCO AND AYACUCHO IN PERU, AND COCHABAMBA IN…

This booklet presents a step-wise sequence for incorporating environmental objectives into any instructional program. The process involves determination of awareness, selection of the environmental problem, identifying subject area units, writing environmental objectives, specifying skills, naming concepts and content, developing unit…

Presented is the scope and sequence of mathematics for Grades 4 and 5. It is based on the program which is introduced in prekindergarten through Grade 3 and is designed to extend and strengthen the computational skills and mathematical understanding of children. The units described are organized around four main themes--sets, number, and…

This publication is a K-12 curriculum guide for multidisciplinary energy education. These materials present activity ideas for various energy education themes for each grade level and for science, home economics, and health and physical education classes. Sections include: (1) Overview; (2) K-12 Social Studies Themes Related to the Energy Crisis;…

This manual, developed with a grant from the United States Office of Education, Office of Environmental Education, contains ten interdisciplinary environmental education teaching units developed by teachers from the state of New York for use in the secondary grades. The units are referenced to the syllabuses of New York State and are designed to…

Designed to help teachers of automotive services select the body of knowledge and experiences leading to the development of salable skills which might be necessary at various levels of complexity, this guide suggests an alignment of content, with teaching suggestions, for use in developing a vocational program to prepare youth and adults for…

The handbook provides teachers with a guide to a course of vocational training designed to qualify high school stenographic majors for initial employment as stenographers or potential secretaries. The subject is taught by means of practical application under supervision and is meant to serve as a culmination of secretarial training. The course…

This publication developed by the New York State Education Department with the cooperation of the University of the State of New York, is a curriculum guide for elementary science (grade 4-6). This guide is organized around 6 large subject areas: (1) Living things; (2) Our growing bodies; (3) Air, water and weather; (4) The earth and its…

Fifteen major concepts form the basis of the New York State schools K-12 social studies program. They are: (1) change, (2) choice, (3) citizenship, (4) culture, (5) diversity, (6) empathy, (7) environment, (8) human rights, (9) identity, (10) interdependence, (11) justice, (12) political system, (13) power, (14) scarcity, and (15) technology. The…

The handbook describes the speech correction program of the New York City school system (Grades K-12), outlines the duties and responsibilities of the speech teacher, and presents guidelines, resource materials and lesson plans for use with speech handicapped students. Covered in the first three chapters are aspects of program organization (such…

COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FUNDED UNDER THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. AMONG THE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN REMEDIAL PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AT ALL SCHOOL LEVELS, TEACHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (INSERVICE EDUCATION, TEACHER AIDES, AND CURRICULUM GUIDES), CULTURAL ENRICHMENT…

A PROGRAM OF CURRICULUM REVISION HAS RESULTED IN A CURRICULUM GUIDE WHICH DELINEATES THE AIMS, TECHNIQUES, CONTENT, AND SCOPE OF GERMAN INSTRUCTION AT EACH LEVEL OF A 4-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY. A MODIFIED AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS STRESSED AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR TEACHING LISTENING, SPEAKING,…

This handbook is a guide for an adult education program for the student who desires a New York State High School Equivalency Diploma. It covers areas ranging from the scope of the programs in grammar and usage, literature, social studies, mathematics, and sciences, to the background and purpose of the General Educational Development Tests. Special…