Query to ADS

[Bethany K. Dumas]

>A friend of mine is teaching a course for elem.-jr. hi English/Language
>Arts teachers this Winter on "The Development of American
>English."  Wolfram & Schilling-Estes is too long and technical for this
>course.  Does anyone have a good recommendation for a course that meets
>twice a week for 10 weeks (and will be taught largely by microwave?!).

Has your friend looked at the two books edited by Rebecca Wheeler? I
think that _The Workings of Language_ might be useful. (Praeger 1999).

Bethany