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Whitlow, Fay R.; Sidelnick, Daniel J. – Social Studies Journal, 1991
Discusses a study unit that integrated geography skills, language arts, and local history. Identifies the objectives of the lesson. Explains that students gathered information through interviews, letter writing, newspaper articles, and other research. Reports that students ultimately constructed a three-dimensional model of their community. (CH)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Case Studies, Data Collection, Elementary Education
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Barg, Frances K.; Lowe, Jane Isaacs – Journal of School Health, 1996
The Urban Intergenerational Outreach Education Program transferred cancer prevention from a cancer center to community and school settings, involving a university, an academic medical center, a school district, and a nonprofit arts organization. Project staff developed the culturally and developmentally appropriate curriculum for urban middle…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Art Activities, Black Students, Cancer
Ediger, Marlow – 1991
This paper suggests that emerging adolescents in middle schools will do better in social studies if activities are encouraged that develop and maintain student interest. Goal centered, interesting learning opportunities are a must in the social studies curriculum. Middle school students need ample opportunities to engage in problem solving.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art Activities, Cartography, Elementary School Students
Jurmo, Paul Joseph – 1987
A study of the type and extent of learner participation in the instructional and management aspects of adult literacy education is reported. The literature on learner participation is reviewed, and three purposes for active learner participation are discussed: efficiency, personal development, and social change. The results of a national survey of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Sobol, Sheila; Kreps, Alice Roelofs – 1976
One of twenty course guides in the Community Living Skills Guide for the College for Living series, this document provides guidelines and workbook activities for the course, Art. The series of courses for developmentally disabled adults is intended to supplement residential programs and to aid in orienting institutionalized persons to eventual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Education
Hayes, Jonathan; Deem, Robert – 1970
An extensive list of outdoor education activities that can be integrated into the traditional curriculum is presented in this guide. Activities are arranged by grade (from kindergarten through sixth) and by subject areas taught at each grade level. Subjects covered in grades 1-6 are science, social studies, language arts, mathematics, art, music,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Community Resources, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Riverside Unified School District, CA.
The cards in this file are representative samples of the types of activities developed by teachers involved in a Title I funded learning center of multi-cultural classroom activities for elementary school students. The five cultures that are stuoied are those of blacks, Asian Americans, native Americans, Mexican Americans, and Anglos. A…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Art Activities, Asian Americans, Blacks
Shepard, Mary; Shepard, Ray – 1975
Vegetable Soup is a new children's television series whose purpose is to counter the negative and destructive effects of racial isolation. This manual gives detailed instructions for discussion of activities that are presented during the television series such as: crafts, games, recipes, language activities, and children's questions. A list of…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Bibliographies, Books, Children
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Bilingual Education. – 1994
The manual provides a framework for two days of training in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instructional methods for monolingual special education teachers at the upper elementary level in New York City (New York) schools. The materials help teachers without ESL certification provide mandated ESL services to Limited-English-Proficient (LEP)…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Bilingual Education, Caregivers, Classroom Techniques
Ford-Guerrera, Rebecca – 1998
This document presents a series of 14 lesson plans in an interdisciplinary Spanish unit on "La isla del encanto/The Enchanted Island." The materials were prepared for students in grades 5 or 6 who have had basic Spanish instruction in previous grades. The students should also be familiar with basic concepts in English such as math…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Brainstorming, Comparative Analysis, Computation
Manning, Maryann; Manning, Gary – Teaching PreK-8, 1996
Offers 58 suggestions for eliciting students' responses to literature, which will enhance reading development, critical thinking, writing quality, and personal expression. Includes writing activities, speaking activities about a book, drama presentations, media presentations, artistic representations, and literature response journal entries. Notes…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Books, Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing
Brooks, Susan W.; Senatori, Susan M. – 1988
This handbook gives guidelines for setting up an elementary level art appreciation program. The program encourages involvement by staff and parent volunteers, resource persons and presenters and utilizes commercially produced art reproductions. Sample art reproduction selections and schedules are given. An art vocabulary and a time line of world…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1982
As part of the high school vocational industrial program in Manitoba, this course has been designed to provide students with the foundation for a career in commercial art. The program introduces and provides opportunities for student skill development in the theories and techniques of drawing, lettering, composition and design, graphics,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Audiovisual Aids
Heard, Brian B., Ed. – 1984
This curriculum guide defines the role and objectives of the art program in the Akron Public Schools at all grade levels. Following a foreword on the role of the art teacher, materials are divided into three sections. Section I outlines the art program at the elementary level. The philosophy of elementary art and the four developmental stages of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Schieser, Hans A. – 1979
A large percentage of American youth enters the job market ill-prepared and lacking basic skills; the majority of our working population is not adequately prepared for the occupations in which they find themselves. Too many job changes, dissatisfaction, and a lack of systematic preparatory and continuing education have led to the productivity…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Attitudes, Basic Skills, Career Choice
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