First elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1828, John Ross served his people with courage and honor through a difficult and tragic period in their history. Born in 1790, he grew up when the Cherokees' world was rapidly changing and treaties with federal and state governments ended in broken promises and the loss of Cherokee lands. He…

THIS RESOURCE BOOK OF ACTIVITIES WAS WRITTEN FOR TEACHERS OF GRADES K-6, TO HELP THEM INTEGRATE AEROSPACE SCIENCE WITH THE REGULAR LEARNING EXPERIENCES OF THE CLASSROOM. SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE FOR INTRODUCING AEROSPACE CONCEPTS INTO THE VARIOUS SUBJECT FIELDS SUCH AS LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND OTHERS. SUBJECT…

RELATED SOURCE MATERIALS ON AMERICAN INDIANS HAVE BEEN COMPILED IN AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE A GREATER AWARENESS OF THE HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY LIFE OF AMERICA'S "FIRST COMERS"--THEIR DIVERSIFIED CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY, LANGUAGES, RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, ART FORMS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH RANK SOME OF THEM AMONG THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS…

This ESEA Title III bibliography presents books, films, filmstrips, and records that correlate with stories from selected second-grade basic reading books. The list of books is prepared from the suggested lists of the Ginn, Houghton Mifflin, Lippincott, and Scott, Foresman reading series. The bibliography includes sections about animals, biography…

Emphasizing reference resources for ethnological research on Canadian American Indians and Eskimos, this guide constitutes a revised and expanded edition of an earlier student's guide entitled "Canadian Ethnology" and includes both reference sources and annotated bibliographic references for the following: (1) Handbooks (8 references);…

The first American Library Association (ALA) yearbook appears in the ALA's centennial year. The yearbook brings together in alphabetical sequence a series of articles on topics of enduring as well as current interest to the library community. Included are also reports of the activities of the ALA units, affiliate organizations, and other…

Antebellum slave narratives can be valuable literary materials in four different kinds of literature courses. In a survey of American literature, slave narratives serve as records of the attitudes and activities of early Americans, as examples of travel literature, and as examples of late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century adventure…

Part of a series on the American Indian, the book presents the biography of William Whipple Warren, Ojibway (Chippewa) historian. Although he led an extraordinary life, Warren is a little-known historical figure. The son of an American fur trapper and a mother of French and Ojibway descent, he was born in 1825 on an island in Lake Superior. Later…

One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Mark Schorer, Maxwell Geismar, H. L. Mencken, Rebecca West, Sherwood Anderson, Constance Rourke, Robert Morss Lovett, Joseph Wood Krutch, Vernon L. Parrington, T. K. Whipple, Walter Lippmann, E. M. Forster, Ford Madox…

One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Walter Sutton, William Butler Yeats, William Carlos Williams, T. S. Eliot, F. R. Leavis, Hugh Kenner, M. L. Rosenthal, Forrest Read, David W. Evans, W. M. Frohock, Harold H. Watts, Earl Miner, Murray Schafer, J. P.…

One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Victor Brombert, Martin Turnell, Erich Auerbach, Jean Prevost, Raymond Giraud, Irving Howe, Judd D. Hubert, Leon Blum, Jean Starobinski, Jean-Pierre Richard, and Simone de Beauvoir--all dealing with the biography and…

Chronicles the life of the author, a Black woman artist, from 1974 to 1979. The essay covers her years in Tampa from 1974-77, her Artist in Residency at Howard University from 1977-78, and her preparations in 1978-79 to leave for Paris, where she would live and work until 1985. (BJV)

Interview with Ayoka Chenzira, a filmmaker, whose works include "Syvilla: They Dance to Her Drum" (1979), "Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People" (1984), and "Secret Sounds Screaming: The Sexual Abuse of Children" (1985). Discusses her work and her role as a Black woman artist. (BJV)

Chronicles the career of Faith Ringgold, a Black woman painter, sculptor, and performance artist. An extract from Ringgold's autobiographical narrative, "Being My Own Woman" is included. (BJV)

Describes and reviews the science fiction works of Canadian writer Monica Hughes and discusses how her writing reflects the concerns of Canadian culture. CRH)