Class on Fire: Using the Hunger Games Trilogy to Encourage Social Action

Autor/in	Simmons, Amber M.
Titel	Class on Fire: Using the Hunger Games Trilogy to Encourage Social Action
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 56 (2012) 1, S.22-34 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-3004
DOI	10.1002/JAAL.00099
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Literature; Literary Genres; Fantasy; Hunger; Games; Critical Literacy; Violence; Social Action; Student Empowerment; Social Justice; Adolescent Attitudes; Adolescents; Social Problems; Nonfiction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur; Literarische Form; Fantasie; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Kritisches Lesen; Gewalt; Soziales Handeln; Studienberechtigung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Non-fiction; Nichtfiktionaler Text
Abstract	This article explores ways to utilize students' interest in fantasy literature to support critical literacy. Focusing on Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series (2008, 2009, 2010), the author addresses how elements of the trilogy relate to violent acts in our world, helping student understand that violence and brutality toward children is not fiction, but very real, and that they can play a role in its abolishment, just like Katniss, through social action projects. Issues such as hunger, forced labor, child soldiers, and the sex trade that appear in both the fictional series and our world are discussed, encouraging students to assess their world and advocate for change. Examples of social action projects that utilize multiple literacies are suggested as a way to inspire students take action in the community and to stand up to injustice and brutality in hopes of creating a better world and a better human race. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10