UNIT TEACHING PLAN NO.62 - The World Book Encyclopedia - The place of the United Nations in our modern world - UNIT TEACHING PLAN NO.62

Q: What is the purpose of Unit Teaching Plans described in this document?

It is a teaching plan series for teachers using The World Book Encyclopedia in classrooms. The unit reflects how teachers cooperatively developed and refined instructional patterns based on classroom use and feedback.

Q: What central topic does UNIT TEACHING PLAN NO.62 focus on?

It focuses on the place of the United Nations in our modern world. The unit covers the UN’s organization, aims, problems, achievements, and how people can help it succeed.

Q: How is the document intended to support students’ understanding of the United Nations?

It highlights that the UN is an important curriculum topic and that American youth should understand the UN’s goals for peace, security, and health. It also connects learning to how students encounter UN information through families, media, and daily news.

Sep 21, 2026

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UNIT TEACHING PLAN NO.62 is a classroom-focused teaching unit prepared for sixth-grade adaptation built around The World Book Encyclopedia. The project is described as a cooperative effort where selected teachers used the encyclopedia continuously, reported instructional use, and developed, analyzed, and refined instructional units through meetings and trial materials. The unit centers on the place of the United Nations in the modern world, addressing what the UN is, its aims, organization, key problems, achievements, and ways young people can help it succeed, emphasizing curriculum relevance for American youth.

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Pages16

Reading Time40 min

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THE UNIT TEACHING PLANS

Project background and purpose

Focus: The place of the United Nations in our modern world

Questions guiding the unit

Using the UN themes in school curriculum

parmphldt eallectien 371.3 United Nationsg2oue eolege l2o2 # UNIT TEACHING PLAN NO.62 ★ ★ ★ ★ # 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: Bellfower,CaliforniaOklahomay,Oklahomincinnati,Ohispringfeld,M_ssachuset 一and the parochial schools of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati,Ohio. This unit,planned for the sixth grade,can be easily adapted to gradesabove and below. Copyright 1953 by Field Enterprises,Inc. (All righis reserved) Lithographed in U.S.A.1-56 Bellfower,California,Public Schools GradeDr.Dorothy J.Welch ……….……….Supr.Mrs.Mabel Biel … …… …5Mrs.Helen Coryell … … ………·4Miss Myrtle Flowers …… …………8Miss Eunice Gaines ……… ………·Mrs.Lucille Gingras … …………3Mrs.Jeanette Hugh ………… …7Mrs.S.Lenor Meyer … …… …7Mrs.Vivian Ratekin … … … …Mr.Irving Shevelew ……… …Mr.Robert D.Smith ……… ……….Mrs.Helen Whalen … … …… … 8 4 6 5 6 Archdiocese of Cincinnati Parochial Schools Grade Sister M.Aniceta,C.PP.S.……… …7Sister Barbara Ann,O.S.B…… ………… 5Sister M.Clarice,C.PP.S………………… 8Sister Mary Felician,S.N.D.…………… 8Sister Frances Joan,S.N.D.de N.…………… 6Miss Anna Mae Gerbus… ………… 5Sister Mary Gilbert,O.S.F………………… 6Sister Mary Harold,R.S.M.… … 7Sister Michaela,O.S.B.… … … 4Sister M.Philippa,R.S.M…… … …… 4Sister Mary Regina,S.N.D…… ……… 3 ## 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一is the result. The following teachers and supervisors in the five school systems co-operated in the project: Springfield,Massachusetts,Public Schools Miss Bertha Richardson..… … ……Prin.Miss Luella M.Bridgman………… … 6Miss Elizabeth Chase… 8Mr.Fleming Cocchi… …… ……… 4Miss Gladys S.Cropley.… ……Mrs.Sara D.Cutler…………… …Mrs.Helen M.Dickinson … ……… 3Miss Patricia J.Garneau … ……… 3Miss Virginia Greenwood … …… …Miss Eleanor V.Johnson………… … 5Miss Julia Lawless… ………………Miss Marjorie P.Lester… …… …… 7Miss Rose A.Lynch.…… … … ……Mr.Richard G.Martin …… … 4Miss Grace S.Preston………………… 3Miss Doris J.Rand……… …… …… 3Miss Florence I.Schweppe ……………Mr.Pasquale V.Romano … ………… Constructive criticism for the further development and improvement of these instructional units issolicited andwill 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 doscriptive index of other similar Unit Teaching Plans available.Composition and Reproduction Proofs by M<ypesetting and Electrotyping Company,ChicagoLithographed and Bound by Colorprint Corporation,Chicago Cincinnati,Ohio,Publie Schools Grade Dr.Althea Beery ……… ……..Supr. Mrs.Allene Cerney …… ……… 3 Miss Isabel Flett ……… …… …… 7 Miss Marth

FAQs

What is the purpose of Unit Teaching Plans described in this document?

It is a teaching plan series for teachers using The World Book Encyclopedia in classrooms. The unit reflects how teachers cooperatively developed and refined instructional patterns based on classroom use and feedback.

What central topic does UNIT TEACHING PLAN NO.62 focus on?

It focuses on the place of the United Nations in our modern world. The unit covers the UN’s organization, aims, problems, achievements, and how people can help it succeed.

How is the document intended to support students’ understanding of the United Nations?

It highlights that the UN is an important curriculum topic and that American youth should understand the UN’s goals for peace, security, and health. It also connects learning to how students encounter UN information through families, media, and daily news.

Sep 21, 2026

Uploaded by Oliver