The Education Resources Center (ERC) is a community-based organization that serves students from various elementary schools united by the Phoenix Coalition for Youth and Families (PCYF). The PCYF Project was authorized to organize agencies and schools in the lower socio-economic areas of inner-city Phoenix into one collaborative arrangement. This…

Maintaining that Japan is a strong ally and important trading partner of the United States, this publication contains a guide to teaching about Japan for students in grades three through six. This guide combines the construction of a culture box with integrated learning activities to help students better understand Japanese life. Third-grade…

Helping students learn about taking responsibility for the planning and shaping of their personal financial futures is this 13-lesson teaching unit's goal. Each lesson includes performance objectives, materials, motivational activities, development, and enrichment activities. Concepts are taught through worksheets, stories, and games. Students are…

Noting that computer based environments for communication may have profound effects upon classroom social organization and the development of literacy, this paper reports on a project that used QUILL, a software system that includes both tools that facilitate writing and new environments for communication. Following a brief introduction to the…

Written in both English and French, this newsletter discusses how politics should be taught to elementary students. There are three major failings in the teaching of politics to elementary students: (1) concentration on the formal institutions of government and failure to teach about the concepts that underlie politics, e.g., power, authority, and…

This study investigated two methods for teaching creativity in the elementary school curriculum. The two hypotheses tested were: (1) that students' creative thinking skills could be increased by a dispersion of creativity experiences throughout the elementary curriculum; and (2) that students' creative thinking skills could be equally increased by…

This curricular framework for the subject area section, Home Economics for Grades K-8, is one of eight Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) Programs of Studies. The Goals of Education adopted by the MCPS Board of Education are provided. A Point of View subsection includes reasons for studying the subject, general outcomes sought,…

Emphasis in this teacher's guide and activities booklet is on helping students analyze common advertising techniques and propaganda devices in television, magazine, and radio commercials. The unit is intended for use on the sixth grade level and can be integrated into language arts and/or social studies curricula. The unit is presented in two…

This guide is designed to serve as a point of departure for classroom teachers and music teacher specialists as they plan for the musical growth of 5th and 6th graders. The guide is also intended to be a source for materials. Topics covered in the document include harmony; songs for special days and season; rhythmic movement; listening to music;…

Results of nationwide studies show that standardized achievement test scores of public school children have declined since the mid-1960's, after decades of steady improvement. This seems to be true regardless of grade level, subject tested, or geographic area. Comparing Tacoma's performance with that of the nation and school systems like it as a…

The career education activities in the guide are intended to be integrated with the school curriculum at the sixth grade level. These activities are designed to help elementary children become more aware of the world of work and may be used selectively according to class needs and capabilities. A career education philosophy, how to use the guide,…

The guide presents instructional units aimed at developing career education for grades 3-6. Each unit provides detailed objectives, activities, resources, and evaluations, and in some units the objectives are further detailed in relationship to the following subjects: mathematics, language arts, social studies, guidance, music, physical education,…

GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Teaching English dialects. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into four sections of learning experiences--prekindergarten-grade 3, grade 4-grade 6, grade 7-grade 9, and grade 10-grade 12. Each section deals with selected knowledge, specific learning, and learning experiences. There are…

The contents of this guide are appropriate for students in grades four, five, and six who are reading about a year below grade level and whose corrective reading needs can be met by the classroom teacher. Three main instructional concerns--assessing oral language proficiency, locating an instructional reading level, and pinpointing phonetic…

Unit I for grade six deals with the American Indian in a cross cultural approach. Pupils use case studies to examine the Aztecs, who were later conquered by the Spanish, and the Iroquois, who came into contact with the French and English, as total cultures and draw comparisons between the two. The main part of each resource unit is set up in a…