Four model curricula are examined as approaches to individualized programs in the humanities. (KM)

From a paper given at the NAHE Conference in Seattle, Washington, October 20, 1972. Directions necessary for the Humanities are discussed. (JB)

A federal grant to the Missouri State Committee for the Humanities began a program aimed at emphasizing the human quality of existence, the beliefs and values by which man lends meaning to his daily existence. It has grown, through the county extension offices, to statewide proportions, providing curriculum guides, model programs, and improving…

A mini-course of nine weeks was organized as a laboratory course to survey relationships in literature, music, and art. Three periods in the arts (Romanticism, Impressionism, and Contemporary) were matched with three major activities; the basic areas of study and activity were poetry, short story, and novel. (Author)

From an October 20, 1972, address, NAHE conference, Seattle, Washington. The interdisciplinary nature of humanities education is emphasized, with the major focus on the need for humanistic education'' rather than humanities education''. (JB)

With funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities, three multimedia unit prototypes were produced, replicated and field tested. Unit 1: The Visual/Tonal Analogy; Unit 2: The Visual Koan; and Unit 3: The Classic and Romantic Point of View. (JB)

After distinguishing between what humanizing education is and what it is not, specific steps which can be taken to humanize secondary education are pointed out. (KM)

In September, 1971, an environmental elective pilot program was introduced in Lincoln High School, Yonkers, New York. This was a blueprint for future environmental responsibilities for heterogeneous groups of juniors and seniors. The multi-discipline, one semester elective included the disciplines of the natural sciences, the social sciences, and…

Higher education is not producing teachers with vision for development of humanistic curriculum. The effort to humanize the curriculum is carried on by the self-appointed; from these efforts will ultimately emerge the most satisfactory methods for teaching the humanities. (Author)