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ERIC Number: EJ416342
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Working Papers: On the Job with Studs Terkel.
Hoffman, Marvin
English Journal, v79 n6 p54-59 Oct 1990
Describes a six-week project in a high school American literature class on Studs Terkel's book "Working" (which explores the work lives of a cross-section of Americans). Describes how students wrote about personal work futures, wove together dramatic scenes from their favorite parts of the book, and carried out their own extended interviews. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Employment, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews, Learning Activities, Literature Appreciation, Oral History, United States Literature, Work Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literature Instruction; Terkel (Studs)