The broad acceptance of homosexuality in the ancient Mediterranean world ended in late antiquity with the spread of an asceticism hostile to all forms of sexual pleasure. Repression began as a consequence of organizational reforms in the church and class conflict associated with the commercialization of medieval society. (Author/AM)

This instructional packet is intended to help classroom instructors introduce fascinating quandaries rarely featured in history textbooks about the ancient and medieval eras. Most of the 13 lesson plans require only 1 or 2 class periods to complete, permitting the teacher to enhance the presentation of a particular unit without fear of devoting…

Art historians of the present deal with the description, chronology, topography, and evaluation of works of architecture, sculpture, painting, and the minor arts. They connect works of art with sources and documents referring to their origin, their artists, and their techniques, and are interested in biographies and the reconstruction of the…

Greek mythology, Egyptian mummies, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City are the focus of a one-semester course given at the Sea Girt (New Jersey) Elementary School. It is an interdisciplinary program wherein students (grade 8) study ancient civilizations and do projects related to their studies. (KC)

This paper traces the history of the dance as a religious expression. Dance rituals identifying with a deity predate written history and have persisted in all cultures up to modern times. Individual and group ecstacy induced by dancing enacted man's relationship to God as well as interpreting God to people of widely different cultural backgrounds.…

Materials in this bibliography concerning rhetoric and public address appeared in publications on speech communication and contiguous areas during 1972 (unless otherwise indicated). Entries are divided into four categories: bibliography, ancient era (history and culture, theory, and practitioners and theorists), medieval and renaissance era…

Maintains that writing assignments in world history should include essays that are sequenced according to difficulty. Proposes a sequencing model for an introductory course in world history based on seven steps of difficulty. Provides examples of questions at each level in addition to a course outline. (JDH)

At a New Jersey school, students spend one year studying each of three time periods: ancient Egypt in fourth grade; Greece in fifth grade; and Rome and the Middle Ages in sixth grade. The history curriculum becomes the focal point for other areas (art, music, drama, language arts, science, geography, and math). Teachers use primary sources and…

Illustrates how medieval maps provide a means for studying the Middle Ages by allowing students to explore the ideology and representations of the medieval world conveyed by the maps. Explains that students also can compare the maps with literature from the same time period to further analyze the representations of the culture. (CMK)

This document outlines the content of the grade 6 social studies curriculum of the Lebanon School District, Lebanon, New Hampshire. The program is essentially a chronological review of western civilization, which includes pre-historic man, early civilization, classical civilizations of Greece and Rome, Medieval period, and the Age of Expansion.…

Describes a unit for elementary students on the history and technology of writing from ancient to medieval times. Includes a contemporary writing and print exercise, an ancient and medieval writing exercise, a research activity on the evolution of writing, a biography study, a fine arts exercise, and a community survey. Addresses the unit…

This article discusses various facets of language education. The first section provides a brief historical sketch of second and foreign language education. The second section discusses directions in the internationalization of education in general, and section 3 focuses on recent trends in alternatives to traditional national school systems and…

Part of an international series of amply illustrated, colorful, small size books for children ages 5 to 10, this volume chronicles the life and times of the Barbarians. The book covers the time period from the 5th century B.C. in Greece through the Viking invasion of coastal Europe in the 9th century A.D. Various Barbarian groups are discussed…

Competitive sports and games, feats of strength and coordination, and other physical activities throughout recorded time are examined and placed in perspective with physical education and sport as it is known in the field today. Four chapters of this book relate the history of sport and physical education in early societies, the middle ages,…

This 10th grade syllabus examines Western traditions historically. The topical organization of the material ranges from Europe Today--to illustrate the themes underlying Europe's cultural development--back to The Ancient Western World for an historical sequence through The Middle Ages, The Age of Transition, Modern Movements in Intellectual,…