A montage of thought and comment on motion pictures is presented, from short articles to cartoons, quotes, poems, drawings and pictures. Included are descriptions of how movies are possible, techniques of filming and editing, criticisms, history, the effects of films on the people who watch them, and personalities of the people involved in films.…

This teachers guide provides teaching suggestions before viewing, a synopsis, and topics for further exploration. The horrors of the Holocust are surveyed and compared to other episodes of violence, past and present. (STS)

Describes the author's use of advocacy oral history in interviews of people devoted to Montana's wilderness preservation. Discusses the use of questions to elicit broad humanistic responses as opposed to striking journalistic quotations. Examines the differences between traditional and advocacy oral history and the benefits of the latter. (GEA)

Describes a college course on German culture in which the criterion for the inclusion of any topic in the syllabus is its mention--preferably recurrent--in the German press. Additional emphasis is placed upon the historical background of the current events. Classes are a combination of films, lectures, discussions, and student reports. (SED)

The roots of American involvement in Vietnam, which stem from the ending of World War II, are examined. (RM)

When used to supplement print materials, explore dimensions of interpretation, and raise questions about bias, films can prove valuable aids for arousing students' curiosity about the past. Films that can be used in secondary classes to teach about the sixties are described. (RM)

Individuals, groups, and nations respond to their changing environments and in turn alter them by their reactions; each new cycle of interactions leads to a new environment. (ABM)

Specific teaching strategies are provided which employ the use of popular music to reveal issues of social change. (SM)

Discusses the Marxist theoretical bases and research objectives of modern Soviet historiography. Soviet historians concentrate on the historical developments of social organization and the analysis of laws governing progress in human society. The author describes current Soviet historical work on Russian, world, ancient, medieval, modern, and…

Discusses the ethnic dimension in French society and politics, proposing to place it within a larger, introductory curriculum in French civilization. Specifically describes the ethnic cleavage in this society and the evolution of the ethnic "idea" in the nation's social and intellectual history since the Revolution. (Author/MES)

The history and decline of an undergraduate interdisciplinary course on contemporary Britain at the University of Sussex are described. It is suggested that interdisciplinary courses require higher investment of resources and commitment to survive, and structural constraints and features are of continuing concern to their proponents. (MSE)

Describes a method of doing history that preserves memories of ordinary people who have observed significant historical events; procedures for collecting oral histories; six oral history projects; and use of these histories in teacher education courses. (JH/BF)

Describes the University of South Carolina's (Columbia) Contemporary European Studies program, which drew on current course offerings and existing financial resources to provide study about post-French Revolution European languages, cultures, politics, history, geography, and economics. Options exist at many other institutions to create broadly…