In this program, designed to help remedial reading students in the English classroom, each student's reading skill needs will be diagnosed and the resultant data will be applied to methods of catering to individual needs within the class group. Students will be judged by what they produce to fulfill their individual needs. The document contains a…

This is volume one of a two-volume manual for teachers using SMSG text materials for students in grades 7 and 8 whose mathematical talents are underdeveloped. The overall purpose for each of the chapters is described and the mathematical development detailed. Background information for key concepts, answers for all exercises in each chapter, and…

The English curriculum described in this document emphasizes the use of the following methods for implementing performance objectives: the integrated approach to language arts, the student-centered approach, the activity-oriented approach, the small-group process, the large-group process, and individualized instruction. This document outlines the…

The only way to see what is different about the new ways of doing mathematics is to study some new mathematics presented in a new way. This small text is designed for parents to enable them to study some of the new mathematics topics. The two chapters which are included are extracted from a seventh grade SMSG text. Interspersed throughout are…

This is one of a series of units for environmental education developed by the Highline Public Schools. This unit on water is designed for seventh-grade science classes. Included are 13 lessons. Each lesson usually includes the concept of the lesson, materials needed, notes to the teacher, procedure, and evaluation activities. In addition, there…

The career education curriculum guide for grades seven and eight contains activities that can be integrated with existing curriculum. For each activity, career education objectives are cited together with goals, materials, procedures, anticipated results, and evaluation. Career education activities are presented in the following areas: art,…

This unit, written for seventh-grade school children, focuses on the variety of factors that are involved in land utilization. It specifically examines land use in St. Louis County, Missouri, and discusses such concepts as the variety of ways man has used this land, the influence surface features have on land use, the influence of socio-cultural…

The primary bulletin outlines a teaching program for seventh-grade students on drugs and drug abuse, and is designed to supplement the school science curriculum. The program is directed towards providing factual information about various drugs and appropriate techniques that the teacher needs. It also provides appropriate learning experiences for…

The two-part set consists of a student handbook and a related teachers' handbook in allied health education for use at the seventh grade level. The student handbook contains four units: (1) investigating health care needs, (2) mental health--study of different types of job roles and their related activities and skills, (3) treatment--diagnosis of…

Adapted to meet local needs and goals, this curriculum guide for grades 7 and 8 is designed to help develop behaviors and skills to use in solving family-life problems. The guide consists of a course outline and separate lessons for both grades, grouped according to the major topics of human development and the family, home management and consumer…

This seventh grade unit is one of a sequential learning series of the Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) project developed in accordance with the needs and problems of an urban society. A description of the project is provided in SO 008 271. This unit studies ways in which political parties are both the source of many of our values and the…

The needs of above-average junior high school students are discussed. A set of 'daily twisters,' or problems of various types, were collected, and examples are noted. Recommendations on content and pedagogy are described. (MNS)

Activity sheets for seventh and eighth grade student use in economics are contained in this document. Activities are developed in the following areas: checking accounts, bank account applications, check writing, keeping a check register, using checks, budgets, insurance, responsibility and planning, consumer shopping, supermarkets, taxes, help…

Presented in this curriculum guide are teaching techniques to help the seventh grade teacher introduce pupils to a unit study on the Iroquois Indians. The pamphlet describes classroom procedures by which students learn the techniques for studying any culture through an intensive study of one local culture. The culture unit uses all the social…

Describes the evolution of "Science 2000," a nontextbook program adopted by the California State Board of Education for seventh-grade science. Discusses ways the program can be integrated into the classroom and describes science classrooms utilizing the program. (MDH)