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Walker, Joseph J. – G/C/T, 1980
The article describes a unit of activities in the humanities (involving famous Americans who achieved heroic proportions) for junior high and high school gifted students. Activities include taking a class survey and exploring the importance of the contributions of the Americans included in the unit. (PHR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Gifted, Humanities Instruction
California Humanities Association. – 1972
This directory is an attempt to identify arts and humanities programs and courses in the elementary and secondary school of the San Francisco Bay Area as perceived by teachers and administrators who have developed them. Questionnaires were distributed, and interpretation was left up to the person filling them out as to what constitutes the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Course Descriptions, Directories, Elementary Education

Copeland, Evelyn – English Journal, 1973
Reports on a sample mini-course in the humanities entitled A Several-Circled Search for Self'' which employs the circus as a theme while stressing the importance of student involvement and the development of self-concept. (RB)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, English Curriculum, Humanities Instruction

Mitchell, Peter – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1972
Social Science was included in the Humanities curriculum to help students understand the nature of society and to understand the place of the individual in that society. Humanities studies had not been training students to make personal judgements about choices and consequences. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Oehler, John Summers, Jr. – 1973
This study attempted to: (1) identify and describe the nature of rationales, purposes and objectives, content and content organization, methods and materials, time and staff organization, general organization, and student populations of secondary school humanities programs in the United States; and (2) identify and describe the major common…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Course Organization

Bergstrom, Roger C.; Ehrenberger, Donald S. – Journal of Geography, 1975
A course using English literature and urban geography to study the development and lifestyle of the city is described. (DE)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English Literature, Geography Instruction, Human Geography

Acton, Karen; Blake, William E. – Journal of Geography, 1975
This course uses urban geography and literature to involve students in the urban environment. Six humanities units on the topics of individual identity in the city, history and growth, form and fiction, urban living, urban problems, and individual creativity in the city are described. (DE)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English Literature, Geography Instruction, Human Geography
CORBIN, JONATHAN – 1967
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE UNITED STATES SECONDARY SCHOOLS OFFERING HUMANITIES PROGRAMS ARE LISTED, ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE. ANNOTATIONS PRESENT DESCRIPTIONS OF THE APPROACHES TO STUDY IN THE HUMANITIES COURSES (E.G., AMERICAN STUDIES, WORLD CULTURE, GREAT IDEAS). MANY ALSO INDICATE (1) GRADE LEVELS, (2) SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS ADMINISTERING THE…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Course Descriptions, Cultural Education, English Instruction
Bacig, Tom – 1976
Diversity and change seem to be the central experiences of Western peoples at this point in the twentieth century. Students, now more than ever, need to be given a sense of hope and of the perfectability of humankind. This commentary provides impressionistic description of issues and experiences in the teaching of interdisciplinary humanities…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Needs, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Curriculum Report, 1974
This issue of the Curriculum Report examines the status of humanities instruction in secondary schools. Although there is great variety among programs across the country, a number of characteristics common to most are that they are person-centered, lead to self-knowledge and self-discovery, teach learning activities across traditional subject…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends
Perry, Douglas Ross – 1976
An interdisciplinary approach to teaching English and religion can eliminate some of the educational problems posed by each subject. Part one of this thesis presents a philosophy of education which suggests that confluent and student-centered methods of teaching can best develop creativity and, thus, lead to greater humanization of students. Part…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Philosophy, English Instruction

Burns, Margaret – Social Science Record, 1976
As an alternative program for problem students a group of teachers developed a flexible non-graded (7th and 8th grade combined) humanities program with special emphasis on basic reading skill development. The goals of the program and a description of the eight five-week units of study are provided. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Humanities Instruction

Chelliah, T. – Environmental Education and Information, 1981
Summarizes the development, implementation and evaluation of an interdisciplinary course for postgraduate trainee teachers designed to help them incorporate environmental education into the existing secondary school curriculum. Includes information for a curriculum analysis and results from several questionnaires. (DC)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Environmental Education
Adler, Richard R.; Applebee, Arthur – 1968
The humanities programs offered in 1968 by 227 United States secondary schools are listed alphabetically by state, including almost 100 new programs not annotated in the 1967 listing (see TE 000 224). Each annotation presents a brief description of the approach to study used in the particular humanities course (e.g., American Studies, Culture…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Course Descriptions, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Livonia Public Schools, MI. School of Global Education. – 1981
This handbook outlines three courses with a global approach which have been implemented in the Livonia Public Schools, Livonia, Michigan. Existing global realities--the growing interdependence of nations and peoples, the depletion of nonrenewable resources, and the ominous world food problem--make it imperative that schools teach global studies.…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives, Global Approach, History Instruction
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