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Full-Text Articles in Education
Carol And John Steinbeck: Portrait Of A Marriage. By Susan Shillinglaw. Reno: U Of Nevada P, 2013. Xv + 312 Pp. $35., Christine S. Fagan
Carol And John Steinbeck: Portrait Of A Marriage. By Susan Shillinglaw. Reno: U Of Nevada P, 2013. Xv + 312 Pp. $35., Christine S. Fagan
Library Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
New Leviathan: How I Implemented The Aas’S Periodicals Database In My Traditional American Literature Survey Class, And Lived To Tell The Tale, Joshua Matthews
New Leviathan: How I Implemented The Aas’S Periodicals Database In My Traditional American Literature Survey Class, And Lived To Tell The Tale, Joshua Matthews
Faculty Work Comprehensive List
This past summer, our small college’s library purchased a permanent subscription to the American Antiquarian Society’s new Historical Periodicals Collection (series 1-5). In northwest Iowa, where there is no such database for hundreds of miles, this purchase is a research boon for local scholars. The catch, though? I needed to implement the database thoroughly in the college’s only early American literature class, a traditional survey spanning 1492 to 1865. Beyond all of the topics, authors, and agendas that could be covered—and the typical dilemma between coverage and depth in a survey class—now I needed to incorporate the teaching of periodical …
Teaching Literature In America: Demonstrating Relevance In The Early Cold War 1945-1963, Jennifer Chalmers
Teaching Literature In America: Demonstrating Relevance In The Early Cold War 1945-1963, Jennifer Chalmers
Honors College
This historical research focuses on how literature was taught in American high schools in the early Cold War period (1945-1963) and why it was taught that way. It aims to discover how the Cold War culture of conformity impacted secondary literature education. What were literature teachers’ concerns? What was the historical context of these concerns, and how did they affect methods in the classroom and rhetoric in academic journals? Finally, how did methodology and rhetoric change over time? Research involved gaining familiarity with Early Cold War culture, politics, and events through secondary sources; narrowing to U.S. education in the early …
Professional Writing In The English Classroom: Student Writers As Problem Solvers In Literature Classrooms, Jonathan Bush, Leah A. Zuidema, Dawn Reed, Katie Greene
Professional Writing In The English Classroom: Student Writers As Problem Solvers In Literature Classrooms, Jonathan Bush, Leah A. Zuidema, Dawn Reed, Katie Greene
Faculty Work Comprehensive List
The article reports on the role of student writers in the U.S. to enhance the study of literature in the classroom. High school teacher Dawn Reed shares how students' professional writing served as a starting point for deeper study and advocacy of American literature. It provides an overview of Katie Greene's assessment system that creates flexibility while providing a model of evaluation which can be adapted for other professional writing experiences.
Faulkner The Humanist: How His Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Changed How We Interpret "Barn Burning", Jessie L. Magee
Faulkner The Humanist: How His Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Changed How We Interpret "Barn Burning", Jessie L. Magee
Student Research Conference Select Presentations
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“Literature Alive! Using Second Life To Teach American Literature”, Laura Nicosia
“Literature Alive! Using Second Life To Teach American Literature”, Laura Nicosia
Department of English Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
No abstract provided.
Following Tradition: Young Adult Literature As Neo-Slave Narrative, Kaavonia Hinton
Following Tradition: Young Adult Literature As Neo-Slave Narrative, Kaavonia Hinton
Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications
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