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ERIC Number: EJ596843
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Making American Literatures: An Overview.
Gere, Anne Ruggles
English Journal, v89 n2 p94-97 Nov 1999
Discusses a summer institute that examined the shifting shape of American Literature, and teaching American Literature. Includes ways in which students help "make" literature with their own writing. Discusses the contributions of new technologies, pairing unlikely combinations of texts, and including middle school teachers who teach individual texts, if not a whole course on American Literature. (NH)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Middle Schools, Professional Development, Secondary Education, Summer Programs, United States Literature
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Endowment for the Humanities; National Writing Project
Note: Theme: Our Love Affair with Literature.