Of all disciplines, history should offer the greatest flex ibility, next to the language arts, in facilitating interdisci plinary instruction and in- depth study of issues. And, says this writer, if our schol ars really want to contribute to a curriculum that responds to the middle level, they must work to identify such a pro gram for the '90s.
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