Three teachers (one university professor, one secondary teacher, and one K-12 language arts coordinator) formed a writing group to generate texts about the phenomenon of student autobiographical writing in the classroom. The paper discusses the benefits of autobiographical writing to students and describes teachers' experiences with student…

Discusses the importance of teaching for understanding, or adventurous teaching, in the humanities, examining reasons why teachers find it difficult to begin or maintain such a teaching method. Relates comments from teachers who have tried the method and found it difficult because of school system requirements. (SM)

Describes the creation of a traditional Samoan feast in a teacher-librarian's Pacific Studies course. The feast helped students learn to see as other see, recognize culture as a way of being, and realize they have options in life when they understand diversity. (SM)