Independent neighborhood schools in inner-city areas serve primarily minority students. They are in a position to assist American educators in understanding the best methods of teaching minorities who usually do not reach their full academic potential in public schools. Teachers in independent schools use culture and sometimes religion as a basis…

This bulletin was designed to revitalize the teaching of civic responsibility and the moral and ethical principles that lead to good citizenship. It is a compendium of activity sheets that teachers either may duplicate and give to students, or use as guides for class activities. The bulletin is organized under six themes: (1) Understanding…

Introduces a weekend science program for early childhood and elementary school students. Uses kites to teach about lightening as a source of electricity and aerodynamics. Includes directions on how to make a kite. (YDS)

Illustrates how art provides a medium through which a group of young, pregnant, middle school women connected their reading and writing to their lives. Finds that they were reluctant to engage in the self-revealing writing activities typical of a whole language classroom; however, the opportunity to draw in response to literature enabled students…

Included in this module are five activities dealing with sources and consequences of power production. The activities include: (1) review of the nature of energy; (2) options for power production; (3) energy resources and their sources; (4) energy and the future; and (5) a simulated energy conference in 1984. Also included are an overview, teacher…

Details a study indicating that the minimal level of literacy necessary for adults in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is very high. Provides a master list of vocabulary words, symbols, numbers, abbreviations, computational skills, and writing skills needed for functional literacy. (MKM)

This article describes a discipline program for urban elementary school students. The program is based on several theories of moral development and it emphasizes the importance of the social context of the school environment. (Author/EB)

Offering suggestions on setting up and maintaining a cross-age reading program, this book describes teachers' experiences in establishing a cross-age reading program in a multiethnic, multilingual inner-city school in Oakland, California. The book notes that what began as an effort to engage one under-achieving fifth-grade boy evolved into an…

Independent neighborhood schools in inner-city areas serve primarily minority students. They are in a position to assist American educators in understanding the best methods of teaching minorities who usually do not reach their full academic potential in public schools. Teachers in independent schools use culture and sometimes religion as a basis…

This document describes changes in language arts instruction that are designed to recognize the unique strengths and abilities of Chapter 1 and migrant education students. The document also describes a particular vision of a new language arts program for these students, a program designed to teach to their strengths and provide them with…

This is the master descriptive document and teacher's guide for a series of urban environmental education models. The series is intended for grades 6-9 but may be modified for older or younger children. Each module addresses a specific aspect of urban environmental quality of life. The modules are interdisciplinary but draw primarily on natural…

Included in this module are four activities dealing with ecology and applications of ecological principles in the urban environment. Activities included are: (1) the study of ecology; (2) study of consequences of activities within an ecosystem; (3) environmental impacts--benefits and detriments; and (4) choices for the future. Also included are an…

This scrapbook provides junior high school teachers with tested activities and ideas that bring ecology to urban students without going far away (just around the block), without taking long hours to prepare, and without spending precious budget money. Awareness of the richly varied, pleasant and not-so-pleasant sights, sounds, and textures of the…

Shows how to make room in the first-year composition course for unusual writings using collective research. Contains a narrative explaining how students devise their own topics and conduct their research in groups. (TB)

Describes how low-level, at-risk urban middle school students became proficient with notetaking, main idea, and summarization skills using a 12-minute daily newscast, which eventually engaged them in current events, news analysis, and analysis of commercials. (SR)