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This resource unit, an addendum to The Exploratory Computer Literacy Curriculum Guide, Grades 7-8, is designed to provide teachers with guidelines and classroom computer activities for integrating computer literacy into the curriculum. An overview of the guide is given in the introduction, which notes that the materials reflect the teacher-developers' own environment variables such as school size, student characteristics, accessibility to microcomputers, and teaching style. A section on classroom management offers suggestions for effective curriculum implementation and addresses the operation of the computer laboratory, classroom demonstrations, use of the computers, diskette management, and copyright laws concerning microcomputer software. A broader perspective on implementation within the total school setting is provided in a section on integrating the computer literacy program into the curriculum, which addresses such topics as administrative support, a school computer coordinator, schoolwide planning and cooperation, and resources and faculty workshops. Five models are proposed as alternatives for delivering computer literacy instruction in the secondary schools. Sample activities are provided for the language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, each of which includes course content objectives and guidelines in the following categories: subject, student expectations, instructional mode, prerequisites, classroom management, materials, activity time, teacher preparation, and sequence of activities. Resources include lists of recommended software and additional teaching aids. (DJR)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert