Beginning in 1963, concerned people in the city of Baltimore began to hold workshops and seminars dealing with the problems of alcoholism. Their main emphasis was on an educational program which would make accurate information about alcoholism and its treatment available to the general public. This led to a National Institute of Mental Health…

The 80-page handbook contains information activities, and resources for educators, students and communities, focusing on a model workshop based on experiences with over 300 workshops on sex equality in education throughout the U.S. Workshop information is practical and includes the problem as well as coping techniques for counselors with specific…

Opportunities for the student to examine how and why significant others--parents, friends, teachers, or any individual to whom a child looks for guidance--influence his career development, and also how his career behavior and plans affect others in his life are provided through five enabling objectives and related learning experiences. The…

The curriculum guide is organized around major concepts and generalizations on textiles and clothing considered educationally significant. The first major part of the document (15 pages) provides a detailed organizational outline of the behavioral outcomes and generalizations for the unit plans. The material is organized according to levels of…

This essay on cultural change is intended to provide background reading material for teachers using "The Changing World Today" or "Cultural Change in Mexico and the United States," two textbooks from the Anthropology Curriculum Project. The essay can also be used, however, as a high school semester course in anthropology or as…

The five enabling objectives and related learning experiences presented in this learning package help the student to examine his own abilities and attitudes for ways in which he can contribute to society through his work, help foster in him a realization of the value and importance of work performed at all levels, and encourage him to use his…

A sample of a one-year curriculum for an elementary social studies program employs a thematic approach to the theme of man in his natural and cultural environment. The publication is primarily a resource guide which includes the following five units: Our Environment is Everything Around Us; People Have a Cultural Environment; People Have a Social…

Contributions made by Indians from North, South, and Central America are presented in the form of a coloring book. The scenes depict early agricultural, social, recreational, artistic, and medicinal practices of various Indian tribes which have since become a part of the life of peoples around the world. The coloring book, which can be used as a…

This resource unit, a supplement to the family life education curiculum guide (see related note), was designed to help secondary education home economics teachers provide students with learning experiences related to living as a single person. The unit covers two principle topics regarding single living, each including an overall objective,…