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Workman, Brooke – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
West High School in Iowa City (Iowa) has developed an American humanities program over a 12-year period that now includes six sections and three follow-up seminars. This article describes the evolution and content of the program. (WD)
Descriptors: American Studies, Culture, History, Humanities

Workman, Brooke – English Journal, 1972
Discribes interdisciplinary approach to teaching American Culture by a multi-faceted study of a decade that relates the part to the whole and suggests further curricular possibilities. (Author/GB)
Descriptors: American Culture, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Small Group Instruction
Workman, Brooke – 1975
This loose-leaf book is a guide to an interdisciplinary course stressing a humanities approach to the study of American civilization. Each of the 90 lessons in the guide lists specific goals, materials, procedures, and alternative or additional suggestions on ways to teach about American civilization in the 1920s, the 1930s, and in the period from…
Descriptors: American Culture, Art, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives

Workman, Brooke – English Journal, 1985
Describes four student projects carried out in one English department's humanities program in l968. (EL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Humanities Instruction
Workman, Brooke – 1992
This detailed handbook for a one-semester high school Humanities course is designed to teach students a method of understanding American culture and values which they can use to investigate and analyze the artifacts of the 1960s. The handbook's sections cover 1960s history; popular culture, including television, movies, and bestsellers;…
Descriptors: American Studies, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, High Schools