Examines how speeches are used to entertain, inform, influence, commemorate, and inspire; suggests teaching strategies to be used with famous speeches. (DD)

Suggests ways a cassette tape recorder may be used to improve students' writing skills. (DD)

Reviews research on sequences in language development and suggests ways to base instruction on each student's level of development. (DD)

Updates an earlier article by suggesting new ERIC resources of practical classroom use to teachers of speakers of nonstandard dialects. (DD)

Suggests why four prime time television series are worthy of attention in the English classroom and suggests topics for classroom discussion and writing activities based on them. (DD)

Discusses the need for English teachers to have an historical perspective on their profession. (DD)

Describes the evolution in techniques of teaching spelling in America from 1642 to 1900 and reviews several popular spelling texts used during this period. (DD)

Shows how literature gradually assumed importance during the nineteenth century, particularly when promoted as a valuable study by the colleges and universities, and reviews some American and British authors who were widely read during the century. (DD)

Traces the roots of composition instruction to the nineteenth century and shows the origins of many current traditions in writing, as well as describing the first "crisis" in basic skills, which took place in about 1870. (DD)

Examines the origins and traditions of college entrance examinations and traces their effects on the profession, including the impulse that led to the founding of the National Council of Teachers of English. (DD)

Describes efforts to reform and reorganize secondary English instruction in the early years of the twentieth century, efforts leading to the formation of the National Council of Teachers of English, and the publication of the "English Journal." (Originally published in a longer version in "School Review" in November 1969.) (DD)

Traces the growth and development of English composition and language studies in the decades between the publication of "Reorganization of English in Secondary Schools" in 1917 and of "An Experience Curriculum in English" in 1935. (DD)

Describes the controversy over the role of literature in the school curriculum which followed the publication of "An Experience Curriculum in English" in 1935. (DD)

Describes how the Second World War affected the teaching of English in the United States and how English teachers contributed to the war effort. (DD)

Describes the evolution and impact of the "English Language Arts" series published by the National Council of Teachers of English in the 1950s. (DD)