"A Place at the Table" contains a teacher's guide, a 40-minute videotape and a 144-page textbook. The kit is designed to help students explore the historical, ongoing struggle to realize the national ideals of freedom and equality. This teacher's guide comprises 13 lesson plans (one for the video and one for each of the 12 chapters in…

This compendium of articles from "Science and Children", the elementary school journal of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), aims to help teachers build connections in their students' minds. The articles describe lessons and units that are interdisciplinary, both integrated and interdisciplinary, or thematic. Each article is…

Analyzes the contents of fourteen novels for episodic and thematic unity, concluding that intercoder reliability ranged from 76 percent to 94 percent. (RB)

Describes the title project and concludes that students profited both from the thematic approach and from the experience of independent study supported by individual conferences. (JB)

An answer to those who charge the book is obscene, racist or immoral, the article has general applications as well. (SP)

Eleventh grade U.S. history, as described in the 1981 California History/Social Science Framework, should not be taught using a chronological approach. Instead, the course should be based on selected "regional" focal points and students given the opportunity to study different historical accounts and interpretations of the same events.…

Compares the works of Joseph Conrad and other novelists as they describe the symbolic process of an initiation voyage. (AEA)

Describes efforts of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Department of Educational Services to promote the integration of circus themes and activities into elementary school curricula. (CMV)

Presents elementary reading and mathematics activities, plus a trivia quiz, about baseball. (SJL)

The goal state of the intimacy motive was defined as experiencing a warm, close, and communicative exchange with another person. Subjects scoring high on the intimacy motive were rated by friends as more "warm,""natural,""sincere," and "loving," and less "dominant,""outspoken," and…

Describes a course in "Images of the Male in Women's Writing" and the contribution a man can make in teaching such a course. (DD)

Examines three books with different ways of writing about the desert. Discusses: "Here Is the Southwestern Desert" by Madeline Dunphy, "The Desert Is My Mother" by Pat Mora, and "The Desert Mermaid" by Alberto Blanco. (PA)

States that teachers and children in many classrooms are finding that thematic units incorporating children's literature can make learning content more interesting and memorable. Describes methods such as the thematic web and how to create a learning plan around the web. Gives four criteria for effective thematic study as related to content area…

Offers the observations, struggles, and musings of a music teacher as she examines and experiments with the notion of curriculum integration, valuing integrated curriculum while wishing to maintain the integrity of the different disciplines. (SR)