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ERIC Number: EJ560729
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
The Simpsons Meet Mark Twain: Analyzing Popular Media Texts in the Classroom.
Hobbs, Renee
English Journal, v87 n1 p49-51 Jan 1998
Describes a classroom activity where students compare an episode of "The Simpsons" to speeches and essays of Mark Twain. Suggests it invites students to consider the categorization of texts into "high" and "low" culture, and helps students build media literacy skills by applying tools of textual analysis first to a popular program and then to a literary classic. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classics (Literature), English Instruction, Literature Appreciation, Media Literacy, Popular Culture, Secondary Education, Social Influences, Socioeconomic Influences, Television Viewing
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Simpsons (The); Twain (Mark)
Note: Theme issue: Media Literacy.