This teacher's packet accompanies the Smithsonian exhibition "The West as America: Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920." The lessons are intended for grades 10-12 but can be adapted for both elementary and middle school students studying expansion of the U.S. frontier. The five lessons in the packet include: (1) "Heroes…

Presents a program targeting minority high school honor students in their junior and senior years. The program's goal is to educate youths regarding current alcohol and drug research and treatment approaches. Utilizes a mentor-based curriculum, along with lectures, laboratory sessions, a research project, workshops, and site visits. Includes a…

High school students' preferences for teacher versus computer feedback on written compositions were studied. Three compositions composed at the terminal were evaluated by the teacher, a computer grammar checker, and the student's choice of teacher or computer. Questionnaires indicated that students strongly favored teacher evaluation because of…

Investigates how a secondary-school teacher uses her "turning-point literacy experience" as a narrative template to guide changes in her teaching of literature. Scaffolds students' narrative modes of thinking in two contrasting classroom contexts: a twelfth-grade class for "at-risk" students and an eleventh-grade class for…

This study, using a non-experimental, exploratory and descriptive method, established learners' and educators' views about factors that contribute to poor performance in mathematics and physical science. Participants were purposefully selected from seven schools with poor pass rates in District 3 of Tshwane North. Focused group interviews with ten…

Students for Safer Sexuality is a peer education program designed to train 11th and 12th graders to be key agents in the delivery of sexuality education, HIV prevention, and communication skills programs. There were 15 students involved in the first year and 20 students currently involved. Participants are trained to lead discussion groups,…

This resource file contains information for Utah high school teachers to help their students meet the state's instructional objectives in the elective economics/free enterprise course. Each activity includes an instructional objective along with a title, topic, time segment, procedures, materials, evaluation, and adaptation. Sample objectives…

Using text, activities, cartoons, and prose, the publication encourages junior and senior secondary students to examine the history of colonialism in Africa and the importance of colonialism in Africa today. Chapter 1 provides an overview of 500 years of colonialism. Chapter 2 describes pre-colonial Africa from the year 1000 to 1442. The focus of…

This sourcebook was developed to present ideas on how to bring the discussion of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) into the 11th and 12th grade social studies classroom, while continuing to focus on social studies concepts and skills. The manual's four main sections examine HIV and AIDS from the…

The Considering Honest Options in Career Exploration (CHOICE) program is a career decision-making plan designed to assist counselors and teachers in helping high school juniors and seniors develop specific written career plans that they can implement after high school. This guide includes an overview of CHOICE and three CHOICE learning modules.…

The Music Language Arts (MLA) Program, funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, was designed for high school students with inadequate English skills for participation in regular content area subjects. Students were selected from the population of English as a Second Language (ESL) students in the schools. Those for whom additional…

This evaluation report is a description of the Brandeis High School Bilingual Program in its third year of operation. The program was funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title VII. Four hundred eighty-five students who were in need of remedial work in English and/or speech were enrolled in the program. The main language in the home…

AFTER DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS IN THE RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS, THE PRETECHNOLOGY PROGRAM WAS EXTENDED TO 10 HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. THE MAJOR THESIS OF THE PROGRAM IS THAT THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION WILL REQUIRE A MAJOR PORTION OF AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM WAS…

THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE, A PRODUCT OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY'S PROJECT ENGLISH CENTER, CONSISTS OF FOUR UNITS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CURRICULA OF GRADES 11 AND 12--(1) THE HISTORY OF THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH, (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRAMMATICAL SIGNALS OF MODERN ENGLISH, (3) THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH SPELLING, AND (4)…

THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF EIGHT TYPES OF VISUAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE HUMAN HEART WAS TESTED IN NINTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE CLASSES. THE EIGHT TYPES--ABSTRACT LINE DRAWINGS, DETAILED SHADED DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF HEART MODELS, AND REALISTIC MODELS, EACH IN BLACK AND WHITE AND IN COLOR--AND A CONTROL PRESENTATION WITH NO ILLUSTRATIONS WERE…