Teachers, Schools, and Society by Sadker & Sadker
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1. The Formal or Explicit Curriculum pp. 208-220

Your textbook lists nine subject areas that comprise the formal curriculum. Links to the professional organizations that support teachers in these fields are listed below. Choose the organization that most closely reflects your teaching interests, then answer the questions which follow.

National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org

National Council for the Social Studies
http://www.ncss.org

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org

National Science Teachers Association
http://www.nsta.org

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
http://www.actfl.org

International Technology Education Association
http://www.iteawww.org

Association for the Advancement of Arts Education
http://www.aaae.org/

National Association for Sport and Physical Education
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/naspe-main.html

Association for Career and Technical Education
http://www.avaonline.org

For the subject area you chose, how does this organization's Web site reflect the Tension Points and Trends discussed in your text? What other issues are teachers in this area confronting today? As an educator in this subject area, how could you use this Web site to support your teaching and professional development?

Finally, take a quick look at the other Web sites listed above. What kinds of resources are offered by all of these sites? Identify any resources that you think are especially unique and beneficial to teachers.

2. The Curriculum Time Machine: A Historical Perspective pp. 222-231

The two Web sites listed below provide a wealth of online resources related to the history of education. Use these sites as reference sources for completing this exercise.

The History of Education Site
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/

History of American Education Web Project
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/

Your textbook presents eight "time capsules" to give you a historical perspective on the U.S. educational curriculum. Each time capsule presents a broad snapshot of the curriculum trends during each period. For this exercise, we want you to focus on a particular area of the American curriculum and trace its development over time. For example, how has the religious aspect of the curriculum changed from era to era? Other topics you might research include the evolution of education for women, arts education, or vocational instruction. You may choose any topic -- just make sure you zero in on a specific aspect of the curriculum rather than the curriculum in general.

3. New Directions for the Curriculum pp. 229-231

Click here http://www.amersports.org/aboutp.html to visit the Promoting Achievement in School through Sport (PASS) Web site. In what ways does this program reflect the move toward an integrated curriculum? Use specific examples from the PASS web site to illustrate your answer. How are grade levels and ages integrated? What further enhancements might you suggest? What further groupings of subjects make sense to you?

Do you like the idea of distinct subject areas, or does crossing these barriers have some appeal to you? Does your preference offer you an insight into your own teaching style?

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