Explains how teachers may go about planning interdisciplinary units that center on issues concerning the environment. Discusses how to organize units, where to find sources and ideas, and how to negotiate the interdisciplinary terrain. (TB)

Reacts to recent curriculum changes in Texas and California by offering a facetious teaching plan for reading whereby all the teacher's work is to be done for them in the form of workbooks and worksheets on skills. Suggests that children can read the same book for all six years of elementary school. (TB)

This document, divided in two parts, provides a review of current methods of second language acquisition, offers a step-by-step teaching methodology for effective communication in multilingual settings, and helps teachers develop strategies for integrating language and content instruction in the English-as-a-Second-Language classroom. The guide…