Holdings Education Curriculum Laboratory Ella C. Leppert Papers Finding Aid Title: Ella C. Leppert Papers, 1940-1997
ID: 10/12/22
Primary Creator: Leppert, Ella C. (1908-)
Extent: 8.7 cubic feet
Arrangement: By subject and alphabetically therein
Subjects: Africa Social Studies Project, Communism, Curriculum Development, Economics, Faculty Papers, High Schools Curriculum, History, Russia Social Studies Project, Secondary Education, Social Science
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Papers of Ella C. Leppert (1908- ), chairman, Social Science Program, University High School, and professor, College of Education (1954-76), including personal and professional correspondence, coursework, notes, reports, publication-related materials (including galleys, drafts, and permissions), curriculum materials (including teaching notes, handouts, exams, and student reading materials), student work, audio tapes (cassette and reel-to-reel), and filmstrips, relating to her professional education and training at Columbia University (Ed.D., 1951), teaching in the Social Studies Program at University High School, her directorship of the Social Studies Curriculum Study Center and its Sequential Social Studies Courses for Secondary Schools curriculum development project (ca. 1964-70), and publication projects, including Global Insights: Peoples & Cultures (Merrill, 1980). Curriculum areas covered include economics (including the teaching of comparative economic systems), U.S. history, classical civilizations, western European history, and area studies (especially India, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Soviet Union). Audio tapes record curriculum development workshops as well as classroom sessions, including some student presentations.
Africa Social Studies Project
Communism
Curriculum Development
Economics
Faculty Papers
High Schools Curriculum
History
Russia Social Studies Project
Secondary Education
Social Science
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1012022.pdf
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