Extends James Heap's sociologically based viewpoint regarding reading as a cultural activity. Focuses on two neglected topics: the relationship of written and oral texts; and intertextuality uses regarding the range of texts encountered in everyday life. Heap's texts have too much autonomy; the reader is just as vital as the text. (13 references)…

Offers curriculum activities using the language arts, cooperative group learning, and history/social science to guide students through a study of the multicultural origins of Halloween. (MG)

A Ruskin College course for unemployed persons contains a range of cultural activities that include critical reflection on work, leisure, employment, and unemployment. The course challenges both narrow, market-oriented training and narrow liberal education focused exclusively on individual development. (SK)

Describes Project REACH (Respecting Our Ethnic and Cultural Heritage), a project applicable to any grade level and designed to prepare students to live effectively and positively within a culturally pluralistic world. (SR)

This article describes a poetry workshop to create a snapshot of unique moments in family history during the holidays. The workshop includes a working on a family photo poetry poster and participating in extension activities (e.g., writing personal poetry notebooks). A reproducible offers a holiday album of poetry snapshots. (SM)

Describes the Native American Studies program at West Virginia University, focusing on the Native American heritage of Appalachia, the program's mission statement, the university and community environment, the beginnings of the program in 1992, courses offered, faculty and their activities, related students groups and mentoring, program support…

The South Dakota Arts Council submitted this FY 2006 annual report to the Governor and Legislature. It presents the 530 grants that were awarded with funds from the State of South Dakota and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Fiscal Year 2006 grant funds of $977,000 generated $12 million in local cash matching funds. These…

The focus of this article is on the learning and teaching processes of six teacher candidates, made possible by the study of a work of art in their internship placement. The interns observed and worked closely with two Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) music Teaching Artists (TAs) and six classroom teachers to provide students in kindergarten through…

This study examined a host of variables the literature or focus groups showed to influence student motivation to achieve academically. Secondary school teachers in Doha, Qatar were asked to identify the five most and five least motivated students in their classrooms. They also were asked to estimate the degree of involvement the parents had in the…

This monograph (in French) provides Alberta teachers with information relating to teaching about the world of the theater, and discusses the principal elements to be considered in mounting a theatrical production. It is intended for French language dramatic arts teachers (both in immersion courses and French-speaking schools). The monograph's four…

Utilizing 1991-92 Pennsylvania Department of Education Section 353 Special Demonstration Project Funding, the Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc. Education Center conducted a cookbook and stories project. It was designed to encourage English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students to maintain their cultural heritage while learning about that…

This is a compilation of ten multicultural instructional booklets that were prepared and published by the Seattle, Washington, School District. The first booklet, entitled "Selected Multi-ethnic/Multicultural Events and Personalities," lists and describes (1) major holidays and events celebrated in the United States, and (2) American…

Presented in English and Upper Kobuk Inupiaq Eskimo, the booklet describes and illustrates the skills necessary for the construction and the hanging of the fishing nets used by Eskimos. Description of net making includes gathering the bark; willow twine making; kinds of implements used in net construction (twine, shuttle, gauge, forked stick,…

Community colleges--with their link between culture and community--are natural places for citizen involvement in the American Bicentennial celebration. Activities already undertaken by some junior colleges include the recording of local histories, workshops for teachers, art shows, readers' theaters, and folk science lectures. (Author/NHM)