A current trend indicates that credentials in English can and do move people successfully into business related careers. Colleges of business administration and English departments might take an important cue from the trend and work together to offer a double major or co-major in English business. Such a program would offer undergraduate students…

This paper suggests that teachers and curriculum planners should offer an overview of American fiction that presents the recurrent archetypes of American fiction and yet also deals with the unique aspects of individual works of fiction. The major pattern of experience in American fiction is explained as the transaction of the innocent self with…

Mendocino College (California) is participating in the national Change in Liberal Education Project, which attempts to design comprehensive liberal arts curricula around a single unifying topic. The program at Mendocino focuses on the World Food Crisis, an area of study which is well-suited to the agricultural character of the local community. In…

One of a series of volumes containing units on specific themes designed for use in college freshman English courses, this particular volume considers people and their responsibilities, through the use of recordings, cartoons, satire, modern and ancient drama, modern fiction, and contemporary essays. The sequence is divided into four sections.…

This guide for teaching composition to grades 9 and 10 sets up a specific writing focus for each elective course period. The guide is divided into four units--the paragraph, description, narration, and exposition. Each unit contains a statement of the focus and lists of specific objectives, guidelines, suggested activities, and teacher resources.…

Intended for secondary teachers of English, this bulletin contains teaching techniques and instructional materials for practicing classroom teachers. Contents include "The Real Theme of Aiken's 'Impulse,'" which suggests that the theme of Aiken's short story is that actions have consequences; "Robinson's 'Richard Cory,'" which…

This booklet is designed as a guide for experimentation with the course of study in English-speech language arts for senior high schools. The theme for the twelfth-year course is "The Individual's Quest for Universal Values," and the emphasis in twelfth-year language-arts classes is on values of the inner life, on values in the arts and sciences,…

Humanities can be simplistically defined as a program, as a set of related or unrelated activities, or as human and humane interaction. The following assumptions are important in establishing humanities programs in the elementary school: programs must be reality oriented; there should be an emphasis on direct participation for the student;…

This curriculum guide describes a quinmester course which provides a workshop for students interested in writing poetry and which emphasizes the encouragement of individual writing styles. Student performance objectives which are listed include: expressing ideas about words, phrases, pictures, sounds, and/or emotional experiences in a poetic…

A new approach to the teaching of European history is being implemented in Advanced Placement secondary classes. In the latter 1950's a Committee of Examiners composed of European history professors and secondary teachers formulated a course description comprised of a brief outline of an introductory survey in European history. It was organized…

This article describes a Topics Program in American Studies for college bound and non-college bound high school students. The philosophy behind the program is discussed and outlines of the objectives, skills, and topic titles are presented. For journal availability see SO 504 433. (Author/RM)

An analysis of the curriculum, operation, and evaluation of the Bowling Green State University Humanities Cluster College, an interdepartmental living-learning program now accorded formal institutional status. Compares the 1975 program with those of earlier experimental years when the students were less career-oriented and pragmatic. (JT)

Reports the results of a two year survey of 300 teachers in four Southeastern states who taught some form of science fiction in their classroom instruction. The survey considered (1) disciplinary areas utilizing science fiction and the basic purposes for using it; (2) basic themes of science fiction; and (3) teachers' comments about science…

Selected secondary level geography textbooks from the period 1900-1970 indicate environmental determinism as the prevailing theme, one which persisted in such texts for 20 years after it was abandoned as a central theme at university level. Researchers should have more contact with developers of secondary level materials. (Author/AV)

Illustrates one way that history, as part of the humanities, can help students to develop personal and social values. (RK)