The articles in this journal issue present a rationale and methods for using elements of the humanities to teach remedial reading and writing. The titles of the articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "The Humanities and Basic Skills Project" (Nan Dougherty); (2) "The Humanities and Basic Skills" (Robert L. Horn); (3) "Beyond Fragmentation; Education and the Humanities" (H. Michael Hartoonian); (4) "Oral History in the Classroom: A Humanities Approach to Teaching the Basic Skills" (Nan Dougherty and Richard Pifer); (5) "Their Past Has Made Our Present" (Virginia Everson); and (6) "Moral Dilemma: The Ethnic Child and the Classroom Experience" (Edith Blicksilver). (HTH)