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Teacher Education and Professional Development

2007

Children's literature

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

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A Lesson Learned: Integrating Literature Into The Content Areas, Jennifer K. Harb Jan 2007

A Lesson Learned: Integrating Literature Into The Content Areas, Jennifer K. Harb

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

In schools, students are offered numerous facts and ideas about the world in which they live, in hopes that they will one day become knowledgeable and functional members of society. Students are expected not only to take this information in, but to also make it their own, expand on it, and be able to apply it to situations within their lives. Teachers struggle to share this information through the most efficient and enjoyable mediums possible. How can they achieve the greatest understanding and interest among the greatest number of children?

“Children’s literature is a powerful medium for understanding the world” …