Provides examples of what content standard and a corresponding curriculum framework might look like in two subjects: world history and English. It examines how one teacher might translate these concepts into engaging lessons. Integration of subjects and relevance to students' lives are emphasized.(GLR)

Provides excerpts from a forthcoming book on how high school-level history textbooks deal with the development and value of political democracy. Criticisms focus on: (1) these texts' choice of topic (particularly their emphasis on the West), (2) their handling of the political ideas of Ancient Greece, and (3) their representation of the meanings…

Argues that history is worth studying because it alone can begin to help us find who we are and what choices we may have before us. Discusses the particular significance of history within self-governing, democratic societies. Asserts that American students must be familiar with history of other cultures and periods before Columbus. (KH)