And then They Asked for Hamlet: Getting to Thanatopsis.

McGrath, David

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Publication Date: 1990

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And then They Asked for Hamlet: Getting to Thanatopsis.

McGrath, David

American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, v14 n2 p37-38 Sum 1990

A teacher at Chicago Vocational High School describes how he interested a group of urban high school students in American poetry. Emphasizes anticipating the reasons for student resistance and drawing on students' likes and interests. (FMW)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Learning Motivation, Personal Narratives, Poetry, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, Urban Schools, Vocational Schools

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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