Reading Native American Literature: A Teacher's Guide

Autor/in	Goebel, Bruce A.
Institution	National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL.
Titel	Reading Native American Literature: A Teacher's Guide
Quelle	(2004), (169 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-8141-3895-0
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Teaching Methods; Poetry; Teaching Guides; American Indian Literature; American Indian History; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Reading Materials; United States History; Cultural Awareness; Annotated Bibliographies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lyrik; Poesie; Lehrerhandbuch; Sekundarbereich; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Bibliography; Bibliographies; Bibliografie
Abstract	High school and college teachers interested in offering units or courses on Native American literature have often had to carve out new teaching strategies because ready resources and guides are scarce. In "Reading Native American Literature: A Teacher's Guide," Bruce A. Goebel offers innovative and practical suggestions about how to introduce students to a range of Native American works. Grounded in the idea that studying tribal cultures will enable students to gain deeper insights into Native literatures, each chapter helps teachers recognize what students need to know and then provides them with supporting materials and activities that will lead them to more informed interpretations of the literature. After considering ways in which a study of Native American literature addresses gaps in standard American history textbooks, Goebel discusses the complexity that lies in the language of race. In the following chapters, he offers in-depth study of specific texts, including early Native American poetry, James Welch's "Fools Crow," Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony," and Sherman Alexie's "The Business of Fancydancing." Reproducible copies of traditional, tribally specific poems and stories are linked to the larger texts being studied. In addition to a brief annotated bibliography of resources for teaching Native American literature, the chapters also contain histories, a glossary, and teaching activities. Following an introduction, the book is divided into six chapters: (1) Teaching Native American Literature: Reflections and Responsibilities; (2) First Encounters and the Language of Race; (3) Early Native American Poetry; (4) "Fools Crow" and the Nineteenth-Century Blackfeet; (5) "Ceremony" and Healing Twentieth-Century America; and (6) "The Business of Fancydancing" and Postmodern Native America. An index and a section providing information about the author are also included. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10