Presents an activity which uses hypothetical situations to explore the proper boundaries of freedom of expression and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in interpreting its limits. Appropriate for grades 4-12, the lesson includes such topics as the "clear and present danger" clause, student expression, obscenity, and defamation. (GEA)

Uses Gerald Murphy's painting "Watch" to encourage students in grades 7-9 to recognize design elements and principles in everyday objects and discover how shapes from such objects were combined in overlapping arrangements in the painting. Provides student objectives, background information on the artist and the paining, instructional strategies,…

Discusses a teaching unit which enables high school students to see the connections between the specific grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and the structural prohibitions in the U.S. Constitution. Predicts that 27 grievances will be identified as students become more familiar with these two documents. (GEA)

Presents a two-day lesson which helps students understand the distinction between government and private action and, for more advanced students, to apply past court decisions to a hypothetical situation involving commerce and contract rights. Includes a checklist of 25 items which examines government involvement in students' everyday lives. (GEA)

Uses a print of Bonheur's "Studies of a Fawn" to introduce students in grades 7-9 to the artist's working method and to examine the subject matter of the sketch from a contemporary point of view. Includes student learning objectives, background information on the artist, and instructional strategies. (GEA)

Uses a print of a T'ang Dynasty tomb figure to acquaint grades 10-12 students with the tools needed for developing aesthetic judgement and artistic criticism. Includes background on the artwork and instructional strategies to help students describe the object, analyze the artmaking process, and formulate their own opinions. (GEA)

Based on Maynard Dixon's oil painting, "Free Speech," this lesson attempts to expand high school students' understanding of art as a social commentary and the use of works of art to convey ideas and ideals. (JDH)

"Curriculum'n'instruction" is a dynamic and constructed process through which students gain access to both the social and the academic content of lessons. This article examines this process as it develops during the everyday events of the classroom and discusses the relationship between curriculum and instruction. (CB)

Graph theory is promoted as a vehicle for using the discovery method. A lesson is presented to illustrate the method, and activities and questions for further exploration are provided. (MNS)

Presents a lesson on John F. Peto's 1904/1906 painting "A Closet Door." The lesson is intended to introduce students in grades four through six to still life painting. (JDH)

Based on Stuart Davis's 1925 painting, "Super Table," the goal of this lesson is to introduce students in grades 10 through 12 to the formal characteristics of early twentieth-century modernism and to show how Davis captures the unique atmosphere of U.S. life in the 1920s by his abstract style. (JDH)

A well-prepared lesson plan is the most effective tool for effective teaching and classroom control; determination and dedication lead to success; and other advice for new teachers. (DCS)

This simulation for secondary students takes place in 1858 in Jackson, Mississippi. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the American abolitionist, has been apprehended. A street trial is convened to hear charges against her. Students role-play accusors and witnesses for the defense. (RM)

Discusses evolution and construction of a computer program for use by speech pathologists which permits inexperienced computer operators to generate extensive diagnostic reports and in-depth therapy programs for students with speech defects. The discussion traces program design from inception to final formulation reviewing the prototype, problems,…

A social studies teacher who took a study trip to Kenya presents ideas for teaching about that country in the form of lesson plans that other teachers can easily use. (RM)