Describes a course in which students are allowed to select their own reading materials and read according to individual tastes. (RB)

Describes the contents and evaluation methods used in a high school course designed to get students to read more. (RB)

Describes a science fiction course in which students learn to identify the characteristics and themes of science fiction and are required to write one science fiction story. (RB)

Describes a course which allowed students to exercise both creative and critical abilities in a multidisciplinary approach to an important history-of-ideas subject (nature) in American literature. (JM)

Discusses a college course on "the Bible as Literature." Describes how, by focusing on the biography of Jesus as portrayed in the Gospels, and comparing it to other cultural narratives about him (in the Apocrypha, films, biographies, and novels), students learn to see how various ages and cultures have reshaped Jesus's life and mission.…

Discusses how to deal with "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien as a centerpiece for a course in science-fiction and fantasy literature. (RB)

Describes and outlines a course in which students read and write about the social, cultural, and ethnic mores of minority groups in this country. (RB)

Advocates allowing students to suggest topics for courses and to take an active role in planning the objectives and outline for a course's activities. Provides a writing exercise in which students are asked at the start of a course to select one reading from the anthology for inclusion in the course. (HB)