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ERIC Number: EJ347025
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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A Follow-up to Pop Culture: The Unpopular Culture.
Whitworth, Richard
English Journal, v76 n1 p42-45 Jan 1987
Suggests an alternative approach for a popular culture course--an exploration of the culture of the students' parents, or "unpopular" culture. Possible activities for a unit include: interviews (on entertainment preferences, for example), observations (dress codes for social gatherings, parental food and drink habits, etc.), or an attic or closet scrounge. (NKA)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cultural Activities, Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Images, English Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Mass Media Effects, Popular Culture, Secondary Education, Social History, Visual Aids
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Nostalgia