culture

The author discusses some of the concerns addressed in his novel "Brave New World," covering such issues as brainwashing, overpopulation, and the use of propaganda in democratic societies.

Discusses how to enable students to make sense of what they read through prior knowledge of events, etc.

Details the experiences of a group of children from a Los Angeles creative arts organization who traveled to Cuba to write and perform a play with a Cuban children's theater group in the summer of 2000.

Spring Moon, born in 1892 into the privileged House of Chang, grows up in China in a time of political upheaval and social change, moving toward the destiny prophesized at her birth.

Presents a full-color illustrated guide to understanding human existence and provides information on the body and mind, human culture, rituals, customs and beliefs, and profiles more than two hundred fifty societies from around the world in order to discover how they live, work, and exist.

Contains the text of Huxley's 1931 satirical novel which presents a view of a Utopian future in which babies are decanted from bottles and Ford is worshipped; and includes a companion work in which the author discusses some of the issues raised in the novel, such as the use of propaganda in democratic societies, brainwashing, and overpopulation.

A study of three contrasting cultures--the Pueblos of New Mexico, the natives of Dobu in Melanesia, and the Indian tribes of the American Northwest coast.

This book explores Japanese culture, describing daily life, beliefs, traditions, customs, and key figures.