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Ovitt, Brigid; Rice, Mary Frances – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2020
In this teacher practitioner article, we share our experience presenting a humanities lesson in which students created a remix, or mashup, by combining contemporary fiction with historical documents. Theoretical underpinnings of this project included the work of linguists Kress and Van Leeuwen, who noted that texts are shaped by multiple…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 12, Humanities Instruction, Class Activities
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Richard Beach; Michelle M. Falter; Jennifer Jackson Whitley – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this conceptual paper is to make the case for the value of fostering collaborative sensemaking in responding to literature. Drawing on examples of classroom interactions in 6th-, 8th-, 11th- and 12th-grade classrooms, it proposes methods for teachers to foster collaborative sensemaking. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing…
Descriptors: Current Events, Literature, Grade 6, Grade 8
Eau Claire Area Public Schools, WI. – 1978
This teaching guide outlines an 18 week elective course on criminal justice for use in grades 11 or 12. The course consists of five units and is intended to help students learn about law, crime and law enforcement, courts, corrections, and capital punishment. Throughout the course there is extensive participation of law enforcement and other…
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, Class Activities, Constitutional Law, Correctional Institutions