Author of children's books tells what literature and creativity mean to her with implications for cultural enrichment in children. (DS)

Article describes the Humanities Curriculum Project as an example of using attractive and stimulating source material for adults as a means to organize successful discussion classes. (GB)

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…

The author takes a critical look at the vogue of futurism, its goals, and its requirements. (AN)

Greater academic freedom for college professors in the humanities field would result in a type of classroom instruction that would be relevant to the needs of modern society. (CK)

This paper outlines the experience of a group of teachers when they showed three films dealing with war/peace issues to secondary students in one of the experimental schools in the Humanities Curriculum Project 1968-69. (SM)

Paper read at the 1971 ADFL Summer Seminar for Chairmen, June 21-25, at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. (DS)

Refers . . . to service given by the theatre, as an art and as an institution, in and for schools." (Author)

Recommended ideas and approaches are: selective attention to people, contemporary issues, and basic concepts; content from the social sciences and humanities; comparative methods; encouragement of active student participation using inductive methods; and development of critical thinking skills." (Author/VW)

An open letter by the President of the National Council of Teachers of English; appears also in College English," vol. 32, no. 2 (November 1970), pp. 237-38, and English Journal," vol. 59, no. 8 (November 1970), pp. 1154-56. (RD)