Graphic organizers are immensely popular--and much utilized--in many classrooms, particularly at the elementary level. These creative and innovate teaching tools are a very effective addition to the teaching repertoire and may be designed to maximize precious class time. For the secondary social studies teacher, their instant appeal and universal…

When Americans from the eastern part of the United States began moving west in large numbers in the mid-nineteenth century, tensions escalated and conflicts erupted between and among settlers, railroad workers, ranchers, the United States military, and numerous Native American tribes. Incorporating balanced consideration of these diverse and…

This teacher's manual represents the first of a three-book series. It is written for third grade educators. The arrangement of lessons allows flexibility and enables the teacher to repeat lessons when necessary and to review thoroughly any exercise in which pupils need additional practice. The Manual aims to help educators make their teaching more…

This textbook is a teacher's manual for numbers and arithmetic. The oral lessons in number presented in this manual are illustrative lessons for the guidance of teachers. The exercises are given in detail, to indicate clearly the nature and scope of the instruction which should be given each year. This manual also contains numerous blackboard and…

This teacher's manual represents the second book in a three-book series. Part One focuses on the fourth grade and Part Two focuses on the fifth grade. The work of each year is divided into 10 chapters, each consisting of approximately 18 lessons. This arrangement allows flexibility and enables the teacher to repeat lessons that are difficult for…

This teacher's manual represents the third of a three-book series. Part One focuses on the sixth grade and Part Two focuses on the seventh grade. The work of each year is divided into 10 chapters, each consisting of approximately 18 lessons. This arrangement allows flexibility and enables the teacher to repeat lessons that are difficult for the…

This textbook is a teacher's manual for The Boys' and Girls' Readers series. Attention is directed to the following features of this intermediate series: To widen the experiences of boys and girls, a rich and varied content is furnished in the readers, organized according to dominating fields of thought; and to provide a truly efficient working…

The phonic method of teaching has many great advantages; so also has the indispensable word method; and the much derided alphabet method is too valuable to be neglected. It is evident that the system of greatest efficiency in teaching reading is that which seeks to utilize and harmonize all the devices that have proved to be of most worth in all…

Examines the origins of the Bill of Rights. Explores the temptation to focus on current problems at the expense of the future. Introduces four articles concerning teaching about the Bill of Rights. (SG)

Reviews the concepts and techniques used in developing textual materials that teach, focusing on those that have evolved during the trend toward programmed instruction. The possible application of cognitive psychology concepts to instructional material design is discussed. (21 references) (CLB)

This book, a revision and updating of a work first published under the same title in 1974, presents a detailed chronological history of African Americans in the United States. The description begins with the origins of Homo sapiens in Africa, and traces the African American story from slavery in North America through the U.S. Civil War, the…

This document consists of six lesson plans and primary source materials on the history of black people in the Illinois cities of Bloomington and Normal. The plans were developed for the Bloomington-Normal Black History Project which concentrates on recovering and recording the history of blacks in those two cities. These pilot editions are…

This activity guide showcases the work of 19 women artists who have made outstanding contributions to the world of art in spite of the incredible obstacles society placed upon them. Artists, alphabetically presented, include: Sofonisba Anguissola, Rosa Bonheur, Deborah Butterfield, Rosalba Carriera, Janet Fish, Helen Frankenthaler, Giovanna…

Materials for secondary school students to supplement a tour of the Fort Myers (Florida) Historical Museum are presented. Background information on the history of Southwest Florida is provided, and the rest of the materials consist of specific questions and suggested class activities on many of the major actors and activities in the area's…

The purpose of this guidebook is to give teachers in British Columbia, Canada a practical resource that will help address issues pertaining to the 500th anniversary of the first European contact with the Americas. The document is a resource teachers can use to get students to think about, talk about, or reflect on the 500 years of contact between…