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Direct linkKnickerbocker, Joan L. – American Secondary Education, 2014
Feature films provide a significant form of historical evidence about a culture even when they are fictional. Like books, films are texts that can be analyzed, questioned, and discussed. Vintage films can, therefore, add a valuable new dimension to the history classroom. This article examines how popular films of the 1940s reveal the values,…
Descriptors: History, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Evidence
Knickerbocker, Joan L.; Brueggeman, Martha A. – American Secondary Education, 2008
As literature with postmodern characteristics becomes increasingly common, teachers of adolescents need to consider whether they should use these decidedly different novels and how they might do so effectively. This article identifies the characteristics of post modern novels and offers reasons for adding them to the curriculum. It also provides…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adolescents, Novels, Reading Materials
Knickerbocker, Joan L.; Rycik, James A. – American Secondary Education, 2006
Recent reexaminations of adolescent literacy have expanded previous cognitive psychological models of reading to include views of the social and cultural aspects of literacy. The term critical literacy refers to approaches that focus on the social forces that influence the creation and interpretation of texts. When applied to the study of literary…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Novels, Role, Middle School Teachers
