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Case: Teaching Huckleberry Finn in the Deep South
A high school ELA teacher has just moved to southern Georgia from Dallas, Texas. As a teacher in Texas, she experienced a high level of diversity in her school, and the school practiced multiculturalism in every content area. Now she is teaching at a rural, 1-A school in the Deep South, and she has just received approval to teach Mark Twain's, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. What preparations should she make before teaching such a controversial, yet necessary, novel?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I currently teach ELA and we read two novels that are actually banned books in some areas - The Hobbit and The Giver. I teach in a rural town in Georgia and the residents are predominately southern Baptist religion. Both of these books have been questioned by parents along the way, and I have had students that were NOT able to read the books. Instead these students read another book independently. I do read another novel - The Breadwinner that takes place in the Middle East revolving around the Taliban and women's rights. I spend about 1 week before reading doing mini-lessons on the background of several events in the Middle East as well as human rights. I think that with students knowing the background and the time period students are more perceptive and acceptive to what is being read. |
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| Comments: Background info is key! |
| Rated On: November 2, 2015 4:50 am |
| Rated By: uSezaV |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| Comments: I think they would like knowing the time frame also. |
| Rated On: October 15, 2016 5:40 pm |
| Rated By: TaTaBy |
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| Comments: Good suggestion. |
| Rated On: March 6, 2017 2:57 am |
| Rated By: uhuQyM |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Comments: this does not help with the situation |
| Rated On: February 25, 2018 6:03 pm |
| Rated By: uXysej |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| Comments: This is a great solution. Knowledge is power, and you need to understand themes from different places and time periods; whether or not they align with your beliefs or religion. |
| Rated On: October 13, 2018 6:18 pm |
| Rated By: aGuraz |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| Comments: I agree that knowing the background of a book before actually reading it is very important. It gives them something to base their own opinions on. |
| Rated On: February 24, 2019 7:41 pm |
| Rated By: Keith Evans |
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