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Gage, Andrew, Ed.; Ockenden, Sandy, Ed. – 1992
This document presents student readings that address a variety of environmental issues. The individual articles present a global perspective that is both alarming and hopeful. Drawing from events and situations in both the northern and southern hemispheres, the articles describe a world in crisis. By critically examining the status quo, the…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Developing Nations, Economic Development
Download full textIozzi, Louis A. – 1982
The objective of this "Preparing for Tomorrow's World" (PTW) program module is to help students (grades 7-8) gain insight into coastal issues and confront moral dilemmas which relate to those issues. PTW is an interdisciplinary, future-oriented program incorporating information from the sciences/social sciences and addressing societal…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Environmental Education, Futures (of Society)
Plourde, Lynn – 1985
Developed by a speech-language pathologist, this oral language program for students in grades K-2 contains more than 200 field-tested activities designed for whole-class use. Listening and speaking activities are arranged in developmental order and grouped according to the following 12 areas: vocabulary, concepts, listening, giving and following…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Grammar, Instructional Materials
Oates, Michael D.; Hawley, D. C. – 1983
It is proposed that student motivation can be maintained and enhanced when teachers combine authentic oral and written language with activities leading the student to identify with sympathetic individuals in the target culture. Suggested activities, emphasizing language training at the intermediate level, include interviewing native speakers, work…
Descriptors: Assignments, Audiotape Recordings, Class Activities, Culture Contact
Zola, John; Sieck, Reny – 1984
Designed for teachers of students in grades 5-12, the guide provides over 25 lesson plans and 45 student handouts for teaching units on conflict, nuclear war, and future studies. In the first unit, students define conflict, learn conflict-related vocabulary, illustrate knowledge of conflict types through the use of cartoons, recognize common…
Descriptors: Civil Defense, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Disarmament
Peters, Richard – 1984
Since this is an age of international interdependence and even those growing up in small rural communities are not insulated against spill-over effects of global events, rural students should be exposed to world affairs and prepared for citizenship in the global community. Resources for organizing instructional activities to affect the global…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Citizenship Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Cole, Richard; Douillard-Cole, Edith – 1983
A guide to second language teaching methods and content is designed for language teachers giving French instruction to Peace Corps volunteers in Morocco. It consists of an introductory section on classroom techniques and 38 instructional units on grammar and vocabulary. Each lesson outlines grammatical and vocabulary material to be presented to…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Foreign Countries
Al-Khanji, Rajai – 1987
The Strategic Interaction method has been found to be effective in developing oral skills among students in an intensive English language program at the University of Jordan, and holds promise for language instruction in other contexts. The method, which is predominantly communicative in nature, stresses language use and interaction in discourse…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Harper, Sandra N. – 1977
One of the trends in foreign language teaching today seems to be increased emphasis on the development of communicative competence and a new concern for the student as an individual. One technique for stimulating communication is the "rapid-fire question" technique, which involves building up to a speed of 150-200 questions in 50 minutes. This…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Gjelten, Tom – 1978
Planned for a K-12 school with 84 students and a full-time instructional staff of 8, including a teaching principal, the North Haven Project for Career Development (North Haven Island, Maine) is described in the context of its small, geographically isolated community. Though offered primarily as a program developed to meet a specific community's…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Opportunities
Riley, Roberta D.; Robinson, Bryan E. – 1980
According to legislation, a teacher center governing board should be composed of a majority of elementary and secondary teachers, including those from the special and the vocational fields; representatives from local institutions of higher education; and the school board. A simulation game, designed to provide board members with an understanding…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Joint Council on Economic Education, New York, NY. – 1978
This guide contains concept based lessons and activities in economics for use with students in grades 4-6. One component of a two-part publication, the guide demonstrates how the conceptual structure of the economics discipline presented in the first publication (ED 148 648) can be used to help students at the intermediate grade level make more…
Descriptors: Banking, Class Activities, Concept Teaching, Consumer Economics
Eden City Schools, NC. – 1979
The document contains eight activity sets suitable for grades 6 and 7. Topics focus on governmental, social, and educational systems in foreign countries. Each activity set contains background reading materials, resources, concepts, general objectives, and instructional objectives. Grade 6 sets are "Soviet Youth Organizations,""How…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
DAILEY, CHARLES A. – 1967
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PILOT STUDY WAS TO DESIGN A PROGRAM FOR TRAINING DECISION-MAKERS (EMPLOYERS) TO INTERACT WITH DISADVANTAGED PERSONS AND TO EVALUATE THEIR "CAREER POTENTIAL" MORE APPROPRIATELY. TRAINING METHODS INCLUDE THE USE OF VIDEOTAPE RECORDINGS AND PLAYBACK, AUDIOTAPE RECORDINGS OF INTERVIEWS AND PLAYBACK, SENSITIVITY TRAINING,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Case Studies, Decision Making, Disadvantaged
Wisconsin State Dept. of Education, Madison. – 1978
Two social studies units, one on juvenile delinquency and one on crime and justice, are presented for the ninth grade level. The three-week juvenile delinquency unit focuses on special problems that minors face regarding the law. Students learn the difference between juvenile and adult courts and between status and delinquent offenses. In addition…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Citizenship, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
