Representative literature selections by various Mexican American authors depict aspects of the Mexican American culture. Stories, poetry, and one play are included. All stories are given in English; Spanish versions are included for 4 of them. The poetry combines English and Spanish. (CM)

This annual British handbook provides guidelines for adult study and group discussion of numerous religious and secular topics, such as authority; nonconformity; violence and aggression; laymen in the Church; social problems; drama, poetry, and music; the art of Rembrandt; contemporary China; Tanzania; football (soccer) in British life; the…

Because of the prevalent attitude among teachers of English at the secondary level that classroom dramatic activity is only a strong motivational device which encourages insights, interest, and open expression, the worth of dramatic activity in promoting cognitive development has been ignored. In fact, the concept of drama as a classroom catalyst…

Seven school districts in North-Central Florida determined that there was a need to provide elementary school children with more opportunities for experience and participation in arts, crafts, dance, drama, and music. Materials developed to assist elementary classroom teachers in bringing the five arts activities into their instructional programs…

Offered in this book is an Argentinian's view of the literary achievement of the United States. The beginning chapters discuss Mather, Edwards, and Freneau; Franklin, Cooper, and the historians; Hawthorne and Poe; and Whitman and Herman Melville. Other chapters are given to a discussion of three poets of the nineteenth century (Lanier, Whittier,…

GRADES OR AGES: Junior high school. SUBJECT MATTER: Communication, a creative approach to teaching English and the arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has 17 lesson series, each including objectives, materials, procedures, and assignments. There is no time limit on any of the lesson series or on the unit, which may be taught…

Previous studies of elocution and expression in America established the cultural significance of oral reading activities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There is an abundance of information available from private oral expression schools established by four prominent Dallas teachers: Mrs. A. A. Cocke, Mrs. Pearl Wallace Chappell,…

Discussed and examined are the responses from 150 teachers who tried out the language arts curriculum developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project. Sections in this volume include an introduction to the Project, methods used in preparing the curriculum, results of the curriculum and an evaluation of the results, discussions of the curriculum…

This curriculum guide describes an advanced course for speech classes in the oral interpretation of literature. It is meant to follow the first course, which introduced the subject and gave some fundamentals and practice in oral reading. The student is expected to meet the following objectives in the course: (1) demonstrate ability in using his…

This book, comprising about 600 entries, is an attempt to compile a comprehensive general bibliography of modern Irish drama. Other bibliographies have been selective or have dealt mainly with individual playwrights, but this volume attempts to update and consolidate in one volume all the existing bibliographies containing secondary material, plus…

This book contains two lectures delivered in the Heinz Weiner Lecture Series: "Biology, Psychology, Words" and "Archetype and Entelechy." The first lecture summarizes some of the central concepts of the author's thought, beginning with the proposition that "dramatistic terms" can be directly applied to the study of behavior because people…

A variety of oral folk material from Mexican sources is presented in this anthology. The 114 selections are derived from the various genres available and from traditional as well as newer formations. The selections include folktales, jests and anecdotes, legends and beliefs, beliefs about popular medicine, prayers, verses, children's games and…

Each year, the New York Public Library publishes a reading list for teen-agers. This edition of "Books for the Teen Age" contains an index by subject as well as an alphabetical index. Each general topic, such as The Global Village or Science, is followed by a list of more specific subjects. Among the subjects of interest to the teen-ager are Black…

This booklet provides instruction, for the director of junior high and senior high school plays, in the effective arrangement of characters on stage. Suggested exercises include the construction of still-picture tableaux on stage (using scenes from fairy tales and Chekhov's "The Bear") and the implementation of "blocking"…

The interrelationship of performers, text, and audience in reader's theater may be better understood through philosopher Martin Buber's key concepts of polarity, dialogue, and inclusion. These concepts operate within four polar tensions identified by Buber: that between the performer and the character represented; that between the performer and…