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Author:
Rice, Linda J.
Title:
What was it like? : teaching history and culture through young adult literature / Linda J. Rice ; foreword by Alleen Pace Nilsen.
Publisher:
Teachers College PressColumbia University,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
xiv, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
United States--Study and teaching.--20th century--Study and teaching.
History, Modern--20th century--Study and teaching--United States.
Young adult fiction, American--Study and teaching.
Historical fiction, American--Study and teaching.
Literature and history--Study and teaching--United States.
Young adults--Books and reading--United States.
Active learning--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. Active learning in theory and practice -- 2. Overcoming economic hardship and physical disability during the Great depression (1929-1939) -- 3. Hunger of body, hunger of heart : Mexican American young adult authors portray migrant farm experiences (1940s-1960s) -- 4. Bearing witness to the horror of the Holocaust (1939-1945) : children who suffered and survived -- 5. Deterioration of family and culture : the impact of Japanese internment (1941-1945) -- 6. Korean perseverance during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945) -- 7. Literature of the civil rights movement (1950s-1960s) : snapshots, speeches, and travels that challenged young adults and changed them forever -- 8. The plight of the American soldier and children left behind in Vietnam (1959-1975)
Series:
Language and literacy series
ISBN:
0807747114
9780807747117
0807747122
9780807747124
9780807747117 (pbk.)
0807747114 (pbk.)
9780807747124 (cloth)
0807747122 (cloth)
LCCN:
2006040957
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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