The image of the labyrinth from mythology can find modern day parallelisms in architecture, art, music, and literature--all of which contributes to a humanities unit combining the old with the new. (MM)

Stresses the need for the incorporation of world literature in the English program and cites several materials which deal with the literature of various nations and the teaching of cultural appreciation in the secondary school. (MM)

A classroom workshop in improvisational drama is in line with student's individual needs for expression, recognition, and reinforcement. (MM)

A literary style intent on relating the written word to sound via word length, rhythm, stress, and intonation, has produced a new phonic literature related to the needs of the present. (MM)

An alternative approach to reading can be based on a Piagetian process called decentering''--getting outside one's own frame of reference, the immediate circumstances of here and now, and one's immediate visceral reaction. (MM)

Describes student involvement in creating their own old radio'' productions. (MM)

Suggests classroom activities to develop students both cognitively and affectively in language proficiency. (MM)

Discusses how the varied literatures that concern themselves with ecology are both worthwhile and relevant to today's student. Bibliography included. (MM)