Tag: teaching literature
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Book Review: Literature and the New Culture Wars by Deborah Appleman
Last year, I wrote about the importance of reading challenging texts and mentioned a new book on my list called Literature and the New Culture Wars by Deborah Appleman, published 2022. I finished the book in November, and I highlighted so many passages! In classrooms nationwide, movements such as cancel culture, #METoo, and trigger concerns…
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Teaching Literature: Nurturing Empathy and Knowledge through Challenging Texts
When I was teaching AP Literature, we would read around seven books in one year. All of these books were classics, and not always full of cheer. Sometimes my students would question, why are we reading books that are such downers? Not all the books I taught in my other classes were classics, but they…