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Pollard, Barbara – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1989
A teacher in an inner-city London school describes how she involves low income, minority group students in learning classics such as Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." Emphasizes cooperative learning and active student involvement using their urban background. (FMW)
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Cooperative Learning, Creative Teaching, Foreign Countries
Witkin, Mitzi – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1991
An eighth grade English teacher in Great Neck (New York) integrated six LEP foreign students into her classroom by using a team approach for the memorization and recitation of the Gettysburg Address. The foreign students were enthusiastically coached by their peers; all profited from studying the language of the address. (DM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Students, Junior High Schools
