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Rodgers, Glen E.; Zolbrod, Paul G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1986
Describes an interdisciplinary course, Images of Creation in Science and Poetry, which was designed for science, humanities, and social studies majors. Explains the chronological time lines that serve as the course's organizing themes. Includes an outline, the table of contents of the class manual, and student reactions to the program. (ML)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Course Descriptions, 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
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Benson, Cecile – Social Studies Review, 1981
Describes an eight-week unit on Israel for seventh graders and shows how the unit relates to the 1981 "California History/Social Science Framework." The unit introduces students to framework content goals in history and the humanities. Activities include journal writing, artifact building, archaeological simulations, and a geographical…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Grade 7, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Russell, Frances – Maine English Bulletin, 1970
An interdisciplinary English-Social Studies-art-music seminar taught by several staff members is proposed in an article in the Maine English Bulletin. Required courses such as English and Social Studies represent the core of the program which is enriched by the introduction of art and music. The curriculum is constructed around broad questions…
Descriptors: Art, Bulletins, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design
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
Adler, Richard R., Ed. – 1970
Reflecting the increased interest in humanities programs for elementary, middle, and secondary schools, this book provides descriptions of humanities programs developed by 35 schools throughout the country. Although the selection of programs represents a variety of approaches (e.g., some open to only high-ability students, others designed for low…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Cultural Context, Elementary Education
King, Edith W. – 1974
This paper describes the Integrated Studies Project, a middle school curriculum project developed at Keele University in England, and designed to integrate the social sciences and the expressive arts. The described materials are available from Oxford University Press. These consist of large fold-out sheets with information, photographs, drawings,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Organization
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1988
Seven model curriculum syllabi, designed by teachers for use in teacher education classes, feature the use of primary sources and informed personal judgement in teaching humanities based citizenship education courses. "Education and the Changing Meaning of American Citizenship" (B. McClellan) explores how and to what degree U.S. educators have…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Course Content
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1976
This is the final evaluation report of a senior high school Humanistic Studies Program. This ongoing program was begun in the 1972-73 school year at Woodson Senior High School, Washington, D.C., to provide interdisciplinary academic and cultural experiences to students in grades 10-12 in art, music, literature, social studies, and history. The…
Descriptors: Art Education, Course Descriptions, Educational Improvement, Formative Evaluation
Smith, R. Irvine – 1968
In this book, twenty-two contributors offer their individual perspectives on teaching the humanities and social sciences to non-majors in secondary and higher education. Rather than a coherent discussion of classic curricular problems, the book offers a collection of pieces of evidence about what teachers chose to when they had a free hand to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design