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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.

Publication Info. New York : Teachers College Press, Columbia University, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E741 .R53 2006    Available  ---
Description xiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Language and literacy series
Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
Bibliography 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 perserverance 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)
Subject United States -- History -- 20th century -- Study and teaching.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject History, Modern -- 20th century -- Study and teaching -- United States.
History, Modern.
Young adult fiction, American -- Study and teaching.
Young adult fiction, American -- Study and teaching.
Young adult fiction, American.
Historical fiction, American -- Study and teaching.
Historical fiction, American.
Literature and history -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Literature and history.
Young adults -- Books and reading -- United States.
Young adults -- Books and reading.
Active learning -- United States.
Active learning.
ISBN 0807747114 paperback
0807747122 cloth
9780807747124
9780807747117