In preparing this article I chose six social functions of art and planned three sample lessons for each. The lessons are aimed at helping secondary school students understand these functions by actually trying to put them into practice. Each set of lessons is preceded by a short description of the social function of art the lessons are intended to illustrate. The lessons are intended as samples of the possibilities which exist. A number of these ideas have been tried — with very satisfying results — by some of my own interns here at Church Teachers’ College.

This is a very special book. It is unlike anything I have read in Caribbean letters. In it the lives of some of our women are revealed with honesty, freshness and power. It is also a valuable book for those who are concerned with education.