This book, a collection of poems by adolescents and adults, is designed to offer teachers a supplement to the standard middle school and high school literature anthologies. Divided into 11 themed sections, the collection mixes more than 100 poems by students in grades 5 to 12 with more than 40 pieces by adults, including well-known writers such as…

This book focuses on the 10 social studies strands recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). The book is intended to help social studies educators design, implement, and assess social studies teaching and learning practices. This publication consists of a series of articles reprinted from a variety of sources and includes…

What young Black students are proclaiming now is that they want their own material written with their Black consciousness, their spiritual and cultural problems in mind. Schools and publishers would do well to listen to the insistent voices of young Black students. (Author)

Critically analyzes teachers' manuals for college literature anthologies. (SW)

Describes how one eighth-grade teacher, disturbed by students' ignorance of the variety of poetry available to them, developed a poetry anthology assignment, in which students immersed themselves in poetry for three weeks, each one choosing and creating a poetry anthology comprised of 20 poems. Notes students' enthusiasm for the project and pride…

The new "Norton Anthology of African American Literature," edited by two African American professors, has been received enthusiastically and quickly by both academic and general audiences, and fills a gap in textbooks. It includes the works of 120 writers, 52 of whom are women. The academic edition comes with an audio compact disk that…

Presents a 90-item annotated bibliography that supplements Teresa McKenna's bibliographic essay "Immigrants in Our Own Land: A Chicano Literature Review and Pedagogical Assessment" (published in this journal in 1988). Includes sections on anthologies, prose fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, criticism, and journals. (RS)

Presents a 108-item annotated bibliography of works by Puerto Ricans born and raised in the United States to complement and update Edna Acosta-Belen's "The Literature of Puerto Rican Migration in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography." Includes sections on anthologies, prose fiction, poetry, drama, autobiographies, criticism, and…

Recounts events surrounding a superintendent's decision to confiscate an anthology from a senior English literature course because of a few words in one of the poems. (TB)

Explains the rationale for including short fiction in the curricula for two college developmental reading classes and describes the features of the anthologies used. Suggests the use of the middle and the advanced levels of "Best Short Stories" published by Jamestown Publishers. Notes that these anthologies contain features that make…

Discussed is the value of using essays and other popular writings as supplemental material for advanced placement biology courses. Their value as motivators and as views of the everyday work of scientists is stressed. (CW)

Gives an account of how one teacher taught poems from an anthology of black British poetry entitled "News for Babylon." Reviews actual lesson plans and approaches to specific poems. (TB)

Argues that an anthology of professional essays (because of its intellectual demands) can impede rather than facilitate mastery of basic writing skills. Suggests that the main criterion in selecting readings should be a good match between the audience assumed by the chosen texts and the actual audience in the classroom. (SR)

Explains how children's literature (particularly illustrated tradebooks) makes its way into basal anthologies. Sets an implicit standard for reviewing and selecting such anthologies. (RS)

Suggests ways of bringing poetry into the elementary classroom: matching poems and students; making poetry readings a regular activity; encouraging students to read, recite, or perform poetry; inviting special guests to perform poetry; celebrating holidays, seasons, and special occasions with poems; providing an audience for student poetry; and…