Law schools must pay more than lip service to the humanities in their curriculua. Despite the practical needs of the adversary system necessitating narrow sophistical reasoning, there is an urgent need for an understanding of underlying human principles. Law, above all other professions, is closely related to the humanities. (MSE)

Describes four student projects carried out in one English department's humanities program in l968. (EL)

To maintain student interest in the humanities, teachers must sacrifice some of the courses that have been standbys for new, innovative courses that take different approaches--for example, combining the study of poetry with the study of religious themes found in certain works. (CRH)

Presents a set of arguments defending a humanist model of reading as opposed to students responding as individuals to literary works. (CRH)

A personal view is offered of a recent development in teaching English Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter in which the entire curriculum was reconstructed to deal more effectively with the character and needs of the undergraduate in the 1970s. (LBH)

To study student motivation and performance on a research project in a college-level humanities class, students were given a choice of three assignments. They could choose a traditional research paper on art, a creative narrative modeled after the popular novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring," (Tracy Chevalier), or a WebQuest on the…

Describes a multidisciplinary literacy project that involves the collaboration of university and public and private high school teachers. (AEA)

Advocates the addition of interdisciplinary humanities courses to the Canadian junior high school curriculum. The primary objective would be to increase student capacity to synthesize connections between diverse facts and ideas. (AM)

A humanities teacher describes various methods of teaching humanities to the elderly: the reading of autobiographies, group writing exercises, and the taping of a script about students' memories of their pasts. The author encourages the teaching of all subjects to the elderly. (CT)

Discusses the recommendation of the 1981 "California History/Social Science Framework" for the integration of arts/humanities with social studies courses. The need for an interdisciplinary approach is examined. Two examples of social studies courses using humanities content indicate that students are more motivated because their classes…

Describes three humanities activities, designed using the 1981 "California History/Social Science Framework," in which seventh-grade social studies students study medieval culture. Students design personal coats-of-arms, play a typical medieval game, listen to medieval stories and myths, and draw or illustrate stories using medieval…

Education through art or any other subject will not automatically humanize anyone. The effect that art and art education can have on individuals and on society depends to a large extent upon the social responsibility or the moral stance of the teacher, the parent, and the artist. (Author)

This paper looks at current definitions of aesthetic education and, in light of present views on learning theory and teaching methodology, suggests means and materials for devising new programs which might realistically meet the needs of modern American students. (Author/SJL)

Describes a secondary English unit on the rural heritage of the United States that sharpens knowledge and skills in the humanities, including English, art, music, and history. Rural music, magazines and literature, historical materials and biographies, and field trips are suggested. A bibliography of materials is included. (DF)

Describes a number of thematic units that integrate work in various disciplines, including language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics. Among the topics of the suggested units are time, survival of the fittest, nature, Mexico, the history of the West, animals, and bridges. (DF)