History advisory councils provide a means for incorporating career development and professional experience into the functioning of a history department. The nature of these councils is essentially advisory, focusing on the application of history in nonacademic settings. History advisory councils help to ensure that a market-oriented element is…

This paper assesses the work of artist-creator Walt Disney as a model for museum educators to draw the public into its work. Disney Land and Disney World are viewed as monuments of U.S. life and imagination, a living museum that attracts 40 million U.S. visitors per year. The paper describes what should be a partnership among the image-making,…

The Division of History, Government, and Social Sciences of Oak Park and River Forest High School (Illinois) has selected the very best student writing done by its students, for publication in this annual compilation. Works in the following categories are featured: oral histories, contrasting viewpoints, historical essays, book reviews,…

The author compares syllabus outlines for the 5-year grammar school course (Grades 8-12 equivalent) in West Africa, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and concludes that a national directive on history syllabus similar to that of Britain and the U.S. is needed including aims of history teaching in Nigeria. (JT)

The kind of history that is taught in the non-traditional contexts which utilize Distance Learning systems, especially at the United Kingdom's Open University (OU) and Australia's Deakin University, emphasizes the relationship of history to the other academic disciplines rather than the traditional approach of enumerating the history of famous…

In response to a request from the Research Division of the American Historical Association (AHA), the Association for the Bibliography of History (ABH) compiled a report on the options for a new history literature guide and on additional issues in history bibliography. The AHA previously conducted surveys to solicit opinions about the need for a…

These essays were written to assist teachers in the task of making Russian history intelligible to young U.S. students. In "An Approach to Russian History," Edward Keenan proposes that students need to gain a better understanding of how Russians perceive themselves and their history. In "Pre-Petrine Russia," Andrzej S. Kaminski…

A total of 78 books and journal articles examining the writing and teaching of history in China are annotated. While some of the cited works review the importance of history and historical analysis throughout Chinese history, the primary focus is on historiography in the People's Republic since the 1949 Revolution. Major emphasis is placed on the…

The Northwest Ordinance is noteworthy not only for its provision of stages of development and eventual admission of new states into the Union but also for provisions which protected civil liberties of the inhabitants. In the latter part of the ordinance there are six articles of "compact" that declare fundamental principles of liberty.…

Examples of primary source materials that can be used in a U.S. history survey course are presented to illustrate the use of primary documents to provide insight into how particular individuals or groups reacted to specific events. An introduction to the documents and their significance in U.S. history is provided, along with suggestions for class…

The second in a series of articles about American Indian history. (NQ)

Moraine Valley Community College and the Southtown Economist Newspaper cooperatively have developed and are offering a U. S. History course (1865 to Present) which is currently appearing on a weekly basis to readers of the newspaper. A sample unit is appended. (Author/MJK)

In 1939 and 1948, John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy visited the Middle East, both while seniors in college. This article consists of two letters written to their parents from Palestine assessing the problems of their day between Arab and Jew. Questions to stimulate classroom discussion are included. (Author/RM)

The author describes an effort in cooperative sponsorship that produces workshops using the facilities of the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island, Nebraska, for simulated experiences in pioneer living. (JH)

Archives should no longer be used exclusively for scholarly research and public administration. These historical sources can be made available to schools and school children as part of a modern approach to the teaching of history and the social sciences. (Author/LS)