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Bigelow, Bill – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1992
Argues that no curricular task is more important than encouraging students to deconstruct the powerful social myth of Columbus. Describes ways to invite students to "talk back" to Columbus and all he symbolizes and to encourage students' appreciation of their own capacities to make a difference. (SR)
Descriptors: Activism, Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Resistance (Psychology)
