This document presents an annotated bibliography of instructional materials for education about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) developed for use by teachers of grades 6 through 12 who must instruct students on the prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS. The citations are from a larger compilation of instructional materials for…

Appropriate for intermediate grades through high school, this social studies newspaper guide suggests learning activities using newspapers. The areas covered are history, geography, current events, the working class, sociology, the political scene, cultures, government, and travel. Suggested assignments include writing a feature or news interview…

Studied the effectiveness of using a Piaget-based structured program to enhance correlative thinking of fifth, seventh, and ninth grade children. Concluded that ninth grade students profited from learning of logical operations although some had difficulty with the equivalence and reciprocal exclusion operations. (CC)

This teaching supplement from the U.S. Census Bureau is designed for educators in grades 5 through 12. The Bureau offers it as a way of addressing the needs and concerns of teachers as they attempt to include statistical information about the everyday world in an effort to meet new educational standards. The supplement is presented in order to…

Provided are brief summaries and evaluations of selected social studies computer software for intermediate and secondary school students. (RM)

Describes how the new computer education simulation game, Big Business, which comprises four separate, related games, tries to overcome some of the limitations of present games. Special attention is given to one of these--Fast Freight--with mention of the basic design elements of a good business game. (EAO)

Discusses nonprint young adult literature and materials about that literature, and examines resources for those students and teachers who might be interested in audio books, CD-ROMs, films and other visual materials that do not require the reading of print. Explores why recorded books are so appealing to so many people and how they can be useful…

OBJECTIVES, CONTENT, AND TEACHING METHODS ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE COMMUNICATING SKILLS (READING, SPELLING, LANGUAGE, WRITING), THE ENUMERATING SKILL (ARITHMETIC), THE LIVING SKILLS (HEALTH, SCIENCE), AND THE ENRICHING SKILLS (ART, MUSIC). EACH OF THESE SKILL AREAS IS DISCUSSED SEPARATELY FOR THE PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND SECONDARY LEVELS. A SECTION…

This issue of the "Arizona English Bulletin" provides ideas, suggests materials, and discusses techniques that may prove useful to English teachers who are also responsible for teaching intermediate, junior, and senior high school students how to read. The contents include "Reading, Language, and Thinking,""A Good English Teacher Is a Teacher of…

Units of instruction at four levels are designed for use by teachers preparing industrial arts courses in electricity and electronics in junior high and high school. Exploring Electricity-Electronics introduces the subject with attention to circuits, laws, and applications. Basic Electricity-Electronics covers batteries, magnetism, transformers,…

Utilizing a behavioral approach toward drug problems, this teacher's guide offers a comprehensive curriculum for drug abuse education in grades four through twelve. Specific curriculums are suggested for each of the lower grades--four, five, and six--and general ones for junior high and senior high school grades. Fundamental concepts are presented…

One of the most promising devices available to the modern instructor is based upon a simple premise--find out what children like to do and turn it into an educational experience. This premise has resulted in the development of many educational games and toys for younger children. As students grow older, games are used less; yet children and adults…

Studied the effectiveness of using a structured set of exercises to help sixth and eighth grade students in learning compensatory tasks. Concluded that students in the formal operations stage could benefit from training on logical operations. (CC)

This set of lesson plans incorporates teaching the five themes of geography in using the novel, "The Pearl," by John Steinbeck. Questions about the novel are related to the themes of location, place, regions, relationships within place, and movement of peoples. One section has an annotated bibliography with other literature selections…

This resource manual was developed for educators responsible for teaching grades 4, 5, 6, and beyond, concentrating on student literacy as it relates to written language. The manual focuses on helping educators apply a specific instructional strategy that is related to student needs identified in the "Writing Skill Arrays" and skills…