Presents a lesson designed to teach students about the period of Salutary Neglect (100 years before the French and Indian Wars) and its effects on later historical events. Provides an advance organizer which puts students in a situation of salutary neglect and includes student and teacher resources on the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and the…

The lesson plan for grades six through nine demonstrates an innovative way of analyzing student ideas and attitudes about sports activity. It includes readings, photographs, and teacher suggestions designed to generate ideas and reactions to personal and social aspects of sports. (Author/DB)

This manual contains a group of lesson plans designed for use with a slide series (not included here). Its purpose is to introduce students to the basic concepts and terminology used in the identification of deciduous trees and shrubs. The manual is composed of 12 lesson plans. The first lesson is an introduction to plant identification. The…

Provides lesson plans for activities involving a model aircraft laboratory and ground-based surveying. (MLH)

This teacher guide contains 14 sample lesson plans based on issues faced throughout American history and still being headlined in today's newspaper. The lesson plans include exploration and National Pride, Jefferson and Hamilton, Checks and Balances, Supply and Demand, Presidential Impeachment, Voting Rights, Historical Analogies, Predictions and…

This publication develops the six basic concepts in the Dade County Teacher Guide, "Drug Abuse Education." Fourteen lessons for independent study are presented with several lessons for each concept. The lessons are useful for students in the intermediate grades and upward, depending on specific needs and abilities. Each lesson starts with a…

Presents lesson plans highlighting cultural differences between the United States and the Soviet Union. Includes background for teachers on the geography, the political system, and the economy. Student materials and suggested activities are provided. (DH)

This booklet presents some activities on chromatography. Directions for preparing leaf pigment extracts using alcohol are given, and paper chromatography and thin-layer chromatography are described as modifications of the basic principles of chromatography. (KHR)

Describes various possible lesson plans for French teaching. Various types of exercises are described and their practicality justified. Hints on method are given, and criteria for judging various categories of texts are explained. (IFS/WGA)

This model social studies lesson includes a simulated interview with a relief worker describing the famine conditions in Ethiopia. A map of Africa and pictures of famine victims are included. The objectives of the lesson are to have students describe the situation in Ethiopia, analyze the causes, and evaluate solutions to the famine. In the model…

This teacher resource manual is a support document developed to assist teachers who will be responsible for implementing the Senior High Drama Program in Alberta, Canada. The manual has been developed to assist classroom teachers by providing: (1) further information about the learner expectations within the Senior High Drama Program of Studies;…

A BROAD FRAMEWORK OF MATERIALS AND IDEAS IS PROVIDED WHICH IS INTENDED TO HELP TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REACH THE MAXIMUM GOAL OF ACHIEVEMENT. BUSINESS ENGLISH ATTEMPTS TO APPLY ENGLISH TO THE VARIOUS FORMS OF COMMUNICATION USED IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. THE LISTENING, SPEAKING, AND WRITING TO BE USED IN THE BUSINESS WORLD ARE EMPHASIZED. SUGGESTIONS…

Designed as a practical guide for teachers, this handbook presents ways of introducing drama and movement into secondary school curricula. A basic program for a movement class is offered, based on three objectives: one's own movement, secondary or underlying motives, and the balance of freedom and discipline. In the first section of the book,…

This article outlines a group of lesson plans for French instruction in the first and second years, covering allocation of time; materials; classroom activities; language lab use; and homework and classwork.

Teaching ideas related to the instruction of decimal division as the opposite of multiplication, an approach to approximating logarithms that help reveal their properties, and the simple creation of algebraic equations with radical expressions for use as exercises and test questions are presented. (MP)