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The document presents biographical material, bibliographies, and learning activities relating to Martin Luther King, Jr. The objective is to provide teachers with guidance in commemorating King's birthday. The document is presented in six sections. Section I consists of a copy of the Nebraska state law requiring celebration of King's birthday. Section II contains a biographical sketch of King's life and accomplishments and a time line of important dates in his life. Section III is an annotated selected list of resources by and about King. It is divided into three sections: books by King, books about King, and general black studies books which include sections about King. No grade level is indicated. Section IV lists audiovisual materials such as films, film series, filmstrips, and recordings. For each item, information on time length, color, grade level, price, and availability is offered. Section V briefly describes two series available from the Instructional Television Services Section of the Nebraska Department of Education. The final section briefly suggests six school and community learning activities and 34 classroom activities. These include arranging displays and exhibits, reading stories, dramatizing, discussing, debating, having outside visitors, researching, and reporting. (CK)

These nine instructional units form the second part of a two-part plan for providing direction for junior high studies in economics. The units cover the first nine of 14 concepts outlined in part one, the concept paper (see SO 011 415). Suitable for both junior high and high school level, each unit comprises a one-week course. All nine units can serve as the basis for a semester course in economics. Titles for the units include Economic Wants, Productive Resources, Scarcity and Choice, Economic Incentives, Interdependence, and the Price Mechanism. Within each unit are commonly designated sections including an abstract, major teaching strategies, generalizations that students should learn, and teaching objectives. Approximately five lessons are outlined in each unit; each lesson provides a list of materials needed, teaching strategies, and a section for teacher's notes. Learning activities include using community resources, tracing wants and needs throughout the life cycle, role playing members of the Chamber of Commerce, and listing expenditures for a "$2500 Give Away." A bibliography, handouts, transparencies, tests, and answer keys are provided in appendices. (KC)