Comic books and graphic novels are one of the newest fully fledged art forms, a vibrant, hybrid medium birthed in America and brimming with all the wildly experimental vigor of youth. Traditionally associated with children's narratives and the object of condescension and ridicule, they have only recently captured academic attention. What is…

Discussed is the value of using essays and other popular writings as supplemental material for advanced placement biology courses. Their value as motivators and as views of the everyday work of scientists is stressed. (CW)

SELECTED WORKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1911 AND 1965 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHERS. THERE ARE BRIEF SECTIONS FOR (1) DICTIONARIES, (2) ANTHOLOGIES AND HISTORIES OF CIVILIZATION AND LITERATURE, AND (3) BOOKS AND JOURNALS ON METHODOLOGY. THE MAJOR SECTION IS DEVOTED TO READING TEXTS OF LATIN AMERICAN AND SPANISH…

SELECTED WORKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1923 AND 1965 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FRENCH TEACHERS. THERE ARE BRIEF SECTIONS FOR (1) DICTIONARIES, (2) ANTHOLOGIES AND HISTORIES OF CIVILIZATION AND LITERATURE, AND (3) BOOKS AND JOURNALS ON METHODOLOGY. THE MAJOR SECTION IS DEVOTED TO READING TEXTS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FIRST…

Notes that George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is frequently encountered in textbooks that ignore the existence of the original audience. Argues that textbook editors thereby misinform students by failing to show how writers recognize and write to particular audiences, and how writers' specific audiences determine many of the authors'…

This Bureau of Indian Affairs publication focuses on the problems of beginning reading in English. Ralph Robinett's "The Teaching of English Reading to American Indian Children" discusses basic premises and approaches to reading for speakers of English as a second language or as a standard dialect. The "Information Exchange" describes projects and…