Seventy-eight "classic" short, non-feature films, cataloged according to six themes--communication, freedom, love, peace, happiness, and the underground--are discussed in this guide. The standard critique for each film has a fourfold purpose: (1) to indicate content and style; (2) to pose questions which provoke discussion; (3) to suggest resource…

This document contains a resource guide designed to help teachers plan programs of literature study for students at all grade levels, and "Broward County's K through 12 Continuum for the English Language Arts," which is a statement of general goals in English considered appropriate for students to work toward during their school years. Goals are…

This course guide examines the theme of war in literary works. Works studied include the short stories of Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner; novels such as "The Red Badge of Courage" and "All Quiet on the Western Front"; and a variety of poems by writers from several countries. Students' performance…

The author examines the decreasing student enrollment in junior college social studies survey courses and describes an interdisciplinary course as a possible replacement to the survey approach. In the team taught course students examine the concepts of and methods used by each social science discipline and study historical themes or topics. For…

This article considers a rationale for a unit approach to teaching social studies, describes the structure of thematic units, identifies four sources of unit themes, outlines the process of developing a thematic unit, and suggests some resources. (Author/SJL)

Appropriate curriculum development strategies can result in the organization of instructional objectives, content, and activities around broad themes and the students' real-life experiences. Four basic areas of living, with substantial culturally pluralistic elements, are family life, community life, human relations, and the American cultural…

A "nuclear arms race semester" achieved depth and breadth when several single-discipline approaches to nuclear studies were unified through an integrating seminar. Components included American history, freshmen composition, physics, and the seminar. The program was successful for students and faculty, supporting unified studies approach…

Lists student oriented adolescent novels that fall under the categories Misfits, Conformity, Families in Conflict, Mystery, and Addictions. (CRH)

This curriculum unit for Grade 9 combines the classic Shakespeare play "Romeo and Juliet" with three young adult novels: "The Outsiders" (S.E. Hinton), "Summer of My German Soldier" (Bette Greene), and "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" (Elizabeth George Speare). To complete the unit, all students will be…

This teacher's handbook, organized in two parts, gives theoretical support for integrating social studies and literature disciplines and serves as an instructional guide for classroom use. Part 1, "Children's Literature in the Social Studies Curriculum," provides a philosophical background for integrating social studies and whole language across…

This kit presents a 16-page child-sized book full of photographs and easy, predictable text; a read-along audiotape; and a teaching guide on the topic of hats from 12 different cultures. Although written for emergent readers, the book in the kit includes all the elements of a real book--title page, dedication, author photo, and an easy-to-read…

This simulation allows students to role play workers and consumers in businesses they create. Students become involved in learning about communities by taking study trips within their real community and by reading literature related to neighborhoods and communities. Through the simulation, daily activities are introduced to students as daily…

Designed so that it can be adapted to a wide range of student abilities and institutional settings, this learning module on the human dimensions of global change seeks to: actively engage students in problem solving, challenge them to think critically, invite them to participate in the process of scientific inquiry, and involve them in cooperative…

The theme of the American Reading Forum's 1997 conference was "Finding Our Literacy Roots." Many papers in this proceedings address the theme directly, some emphasizing literacy roots and others the roots of literacy. Following the keynote session, "Phonics and Whole Word/Whole Language Controversies, 1948-1998: An Introductory…

In an attempt to create interdisciplinary study at one college, a gender and communications class was created by professors from psychology and communications. Although the class was made-up of students who were white, middle-class, and heterosexual, the class attempted to discuss issues about race, class, ability, and sexual preference…