Our Homes - Unit Teaching Plan - The World Book Encyclopedia

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Unit Teaching Plan No.40 for fourth grade instruction, designed for teachers using The World Book Encyclopedia in the classroom. The plan describes how to extend students’ attention from basic home and community helpers to deeper aspects of family life that turn a house into a home. It includes guidance for discussing construction, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting sources, and organizing excursions that prompt questions about building decisions, workers’ skills, and related costs.

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Our Homes

The Unit Teaching Plans

The construction and operation of our homes and how we use them

pamypellet eallectiarn rove eallege : Bia20nge 371.3 # Our Homes UNIT TEACHING PLAN NO.40 ★ ★ # The World Book Encyclopedia ★ ★ Prepared under the direction ofDr.George H.Reavis,Educational Counselor,Field Enterprises,Inc. With the co-operation and assistance of one or more supervisors andselected teachers in each of the following public school systems: Ohm y,Oklahomspringfeld,assoch Bellflower,California Cincinnati,Ohio -and the parochial schools of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati,Ohio. This unit,planned for the fourth grade,can be easily adapted to gradesabove and below. Copyright 1953 by Field Enterprises,Inc.(All righ+s reserved) ## THE UNIT TEACHING PLANS This Unit is a teaching plan designed for teachers who have The World Book Encyclopedia in theirclassrooms.The Unit Teaching Plans grew out of a co-operative project in which selected teachers infive school systems participated.These teachers and their pupils used The World Book Encyclopediacontinuously in their classrooms,and for one year kept a running anecdotal record of the various waysin which they found World Book especially helpful. The teachers taught the subjects and topics which they would otherwise have taught anyway,andreported the materials they used and how they used them.In addition to individual conferences duringthe year,three meetings of these teachers were held in each of the five school systems to discuss theproject and to formulate co-operatively the basic pattern of these instructional units.Try-out units weredeveloped,written,analyzed,and criticized.This series of instructional units-The Unit Teaching Plans—is the result. The following teachers and supervisors in the five school systems co-operated in the project: Cincinnati,Ohio,Public Schools Grade Dr.Dorothy J.Welch .. .......….Supr. Mrs.Mabel Biel.… ………... 5 Mrs.Helen Coryell …………………. 4 8 Miss Myrtle Flowers…..... … .. 8 Miss Eunice Gaines .… ..…... Mrs.Lucille Gingras ..……….….. 3 Mrs.Jeanette Hugh …… … 7 Mrs.S.Lenor Meyer…… ………i7 Mrs.Vivian Ratekin .. ....….... 4 Mr.Irving Shevelew……… …. 6 Mrs.Vivien Haynes … …… …Supr. Archdiocese of Cincinnati Parochial Schools Grade .7 Sister M.Aniceta,C.PP.S....… .......Sister Barbara Ann,O.S.B.. …… …Sister M.Clarice,C.PP.S.… . …Sister Mary Felician,S.N.D,∵.…….Sister Frances Joan,S.N.D.de N..………Miss Anna Mae Gerbus..….... ∴..Sister Mary Gilbert,O.S.F.…………… …Sister Mary Harold,R.S.M.....…··小….Sister Michaela,O.S.B.. … ..Sister M.Philippa,R.S.M... .…..Sister Mary Regina,S.N.D.…… … … 5 8 8 6 56 7 Mrs.Mildred Rickard………………… 5Mrs.Wilda Sherfy .... … . 6 4 Springfield,Massachusetts,Public SchoolsGrade Bellfower,California,Public Schools GradeDr.Althea Beery ……………………Supr.Mrs.Allene Cerney… … … … 3Miss Isabel Flett. .…… . 7Miss Martha Fusshippel …… …….· 4Miss Miriam Hatton …………………… 4Miss Nora Moran .. ……… 5Mr.Omer Renfrow,Jr.…………………8Miss Virginia Rohde ………… … 5Mrs.Dorothea Schmid. …………. 6Mrs.Dorothy Steinmetz .… … …… 3 Mr.Robert D.Smith …… ……….. ,5Mrs.Helen Whalen… … ………... 6 Grade Mrs.Ruth Clark……………… … 3-4 Mrs.Geneva Hood ………...? ……… 3-41、Mrs.Mabel Kelley ……………………….4 Mrs.Hazel Kibler ..…. ….…….. 5 Mrs.Blanche Laughlin …… ….. 6 Mrs.Ethyl McCall ... … .. 4 Mrs.Esta Miller. ………. … 4 Mrs.Caroline Murnane ...……… … 3 Mrs.Mattie Parker…………………….5-6 4 6 Constructive criticism for the further development and improvement of these instructional units issolicited and will be greatly appreciated.Suggestions may be addressed to Dr.G.H.Reavis,EducationalCounselor,Field Enterprises,Inc.,Merchandise Mart Plaza,Chicago 54,Illinois. Write for a descriptive index of other similar Unit Teaching Plans available.Composition and Reproduction Proofs by M&L Typesetting and Electrotyping Company,Chicag

FAQs

What is the purpose of this unit teaching plan?

It is a teaching plan for teachers who have The World Book Encyclopedia in their classrooms, outlining how teachers and students used the encyclopedia over a project year.

What topics does the plan cover about homes?

It addresses how homes are built, furnished, maintained, and heated and lighted, including questions about sources of heating and lighting.

How does the plan suggest expanding interest in homes over time?

It starts with primary-grade focus on home and community helpers, then extends to building and furnishing houses and to the aspects of family living that make a house “a home,” including historical comparisons.

Sep 21, 2026

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