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Jacqueline N. Glasgow

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  1. Japanese-American Relocation Experiences
  2. The Long Walk Home: Equity in Alabama
  3. Celebrating Appalachian Culture and Values in Young Adult Literature
  4. Homeless Children: America's Newest Outcasts
  5. The Gang of Five: There is Always Room for One More
  6. Taming a Tiger: Drunk Driving and Suicide in Draper's Tears of a Tiger
  7. Youth Violence in Walter Dean Myers' Monster
  8. rom Helplessness to Resilience in Caroline B. Cooney's The Face in the Milk Carton Quartet
  9. Struggles with Poverty, Teen Pregnancy, and Workplace Harassment in Wolff's Make Lemonade
  10. From Fiction to Fact: Using Anderson's Speak to Teach about Rape and Other Body Issues
  11. Confronting the Bully in Young Adult Literature
    Index
    About the Contributors
    About the Editor



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    Dedication / Preface / Acknowledgments / Brief Contents
    Overview: Nurturing Our Multiple Intelligences in Response to Young Adult Literature, Jackie Glasgow
  1. Riding the Freedom Train on the Underground Railroad
    Featured Author: Virginia Hamilton
    Collaborative Reading of Young Adult Literature
    Freedom Codes and Passwords
    Film Viewing Guide
    Spirituals
    Timeline for Underground Railroad
    Model of Pluto's Cave or Drear House
    Escape Routes from Slavery to Freedom
    Oral Interpretations: Dramatic Performance
    Freedom Collage
    Stitching the Freedom Quilt
    Freedom Debate
    Follow the Drinking Gourd
    Underground Railroad Freedom Scrapbook
    Handbills about a Character
    Memorials
  2. The Holocaust: Poignant Memories Preserved
    Featured Authors: Anne Frank, Jane Yolen, Lois Lowry, Carol Matas, Han Nolan, and others.
    KWL Chart
    Holocaust Map Study
    Holocaust Group Research Project
    Holocaust Timeline (Clothesline)
    Plot Line
    Holocaust Independent Study Projects
    Holocaust Diary Project
    Planning and Planting a Garden
  3. Surviving Civil War in Cambodia Through Immigration
    Featured Author: Linda Crew
    One Minute Vocabulary Reports
    Family Heritage Portfolio
    Satchel Simulation
    Immigration Map
    Family Tree
    Historic Photographs
    Heraldry (Family Shield)
    Family Flag
    Grandmother's Recipe
    Lifeline: The River of Life
    Reconstruct School Experiences
    Language and Culture of Cambodia
    Characteristics of the Ideal All-American Girl
    Cultural Clashes
    Origami Projects
    Haiku Poetry
    Letters to Support Cambodian Refugees
    Death Notices
    Elegy
    Family Songs
    Headlines and News Articles
    Cambodian Culture Fair
  4. Heroes, Heartbreak, and Healing: What Was It Like In Vietnam
    Featured Authors: Walter Dean Myers and Tim O'Brien
    Vietnam Readers' Theater
    Vietnam Conflict Statistics
    One Minute Vocabulary Presentations
    Rock and Roll Songs about Vietnam
    Interviews with Men of Draft Age
    Vietnam: Reflexes and Reflections
    Vietnam ABC Book
    Image Freewrite
    Elegy
    The Life of the Hero
    Who Am I? Poster
    Letters From Vietnam
    Mapping the Journey
    Minefield Simulation
    Women in Vietnam
    Letter to School Board
    High School Class Reunion of 1969
  5. Children at Work: From Paterson's Textile Miss to Modern Sweatshops
    Featured Author: Katherine Paterson
    Bear Journal
    Literacy Issues
    Children: Asset or Liability
    Poem in Two Voices
    Images of Perfect Body
    Gender Discrimination
    Humane Working Conditions
    Wages: Is Time More Precious Than Money?
    Lunch on Sixty Cents
    Portfolio on Cost of Living/Minimum Standards
    Productivity Issues
    Work Poems (I Am Poem)
    Made in the U.S.A.
    Bill of Human Rights for Children
    Making a Difference Project
    Self-Reflection Papers
  6. Living in an Outsider Society
    Featured Author: S.E. Hinton
    Ice Breaker for The Outsiders
    Reader Response Questions
    Mnemonic Exercise
    Freeze Frame
    Individual Learning Plan Poster
    Flow Chart
    Self-Evaluation: How Well Are We Doing?
    Teacher Observation Sheet
    Character Resume
    Found Poem
    Rocking with a Music Video
    Copy Change Poem
    Sock Hop
    Literature Circle Project
  7. Building Tolerance and Empathy Toward Others
    Featured Author: Harper Lee
    Teach a Chapter: Us and Them
    Reader Response Logs
    Make a Human Map
    Create a Visual
    Family Tree
    Literature Circles
    "Moody" Timeline
    Internet Project
    Comparing Book Character to a Movie
    Civil Rights Puppet Show
    Bill of Rights for the Classroom
    Freedom Songs
    Walk in My Shoes Project
  8. New Ties, Unconventional Relationships
    Featured Author: M.E. Kerr Report Sack
    Coat of Arms
    Evoked Response
    Photo Essay
    Love Songs
    Rockin' and Rollin with M.E. Kerr
    Character Map
    Split-Open Mind
    Story Portrait
    Story Discussion Grid
    Polar Appraisal of Characters
    Self-Reflection Paper
  9. Conformity vs Individuality
    Featured Author: Robert Cormier
    Theme Collage
    Dialogue Journals
    Character Mapping
    Character Continuum
    Tableaux
    Character Probe
    Musical Compositions and Connections
    Storyboarding
    Focal Judgments
    Report Sacks
    Parallel Poems
    Civil Disobedience and Jerry Renault
    Synthesis Paper
    Comparing the Conclusions: Cormier's Novel vs Gordon's Film
    Contracting to Celebrate Individuality
  10. Preservation of Self and Environment
    Featured Author: Will Hobbs
    Secret Naming Ceremony
    "Circle" Poem
    Conflict Resolution
    Make a Model Hogan
    Dine CARE
    Outward Bound
    Obstacle Course
    Annual Ute Bear Dance
  11. Confronting Environmental Threats
    Featured Author: Robert O'Brien
    Map of the Valley
    Character Study
    "How to" ... Survive: Process Paper and Demonstration
    "Hit"
    Writing a Letter
    Character Response Chart
    Original Metaphor
    Exploring a Watershed: Creating Art and Poetry
    Life in a Bomb Shelter
    Appendixes A and B
    Bibliography of Children's Literature Cited
    Bibliography of Young Adult Literature Cited
    References / Index / List of Contributors



Strategies and ideas for both challenged and gifted readers!
Strategies for Engaging Young Adult Readers:
A Social Themes Approach with CD-ROM
Jacqueline N. Glasgow, Editor, Ohio University
Click to read Foreword by Jeffrey Wilhelm

Here are teaching materials you can use in your literature-based curriculum - materials with embedded reading strategies that will engage both the struggling and gifted readers in your class. This new resource presents a critical exploration of social issues, a wealth of reading strategies with student examples and scoring rubrics, and thematic units that bring current research on student reading engagement into viable practice. With these materials, you give your students many opportunities to explore social issues in other cultures, past history, and current events through young adult literature.

2004 Just Published Paperbound with CD-ROM 288pp ISBN: 1-929024-78-9 (7-12) Order #497 $24.95
Using Young Adult Literature:
Thematic Activities Based on Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Jacqueline Glasgow

Ready to take thematic units to the next level? Using Young Adult Literature: Thematic Activities Based on Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, is the book you've been waiting for! Successful field-tested thematic units, addressing all of the multiple intelligences are blended with award winning young adult literature...resulting in a practical easy to use resource...

2002 Paperbound 288pp est ISBN 1-929024-36-3 Order #495 $24.95
 

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