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Peer reviewedLankford, E. Louis – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1990
Analyzes two recent controversies about censorship of arts: Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs and U.S. congressional limits on funding for National Endowment for the Arts. Maintains artistic freedom can be encouraged if all segments of society learn about arts. Recommends that aesthetic education deal with these controversial issues, the social…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Criticism, Art Education, Art Expression
Peer reviewedUrofsky, Melvin I. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Observes the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on religion have been fairly consistent, but controversies arise from judicial interpretations of the Constitution's religious clauses. Traces history and development of major court decisions and religious issue rulings for both the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses. States religion in public schools…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
