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American Studies: Civil War, The Correlation Of Literature And History Studies In High School, Arlene Kellogg
American Studies: Civil War, The Correlation Of Literature And History Studies In High School, Arlene Kellogg
Theses
Courses in history can be nothing but memorizing facts, and courses in literature can be writing without roots . The author proposes a correlated curriculum for high school American literature and history, specifically in the Civil War time frame to change this situation.
The purpose of this curriculum, "American Studies: Civil War," is to make the history of our country live for the student, giving him/her a feeling for the mood of the times and motivating him/her to become politically active as a young citizen.
To validate the proposal, the author has interviewed experts in the fields of literature, history …