Creating Lives: An Introduction to Biography

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 10.03.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Background Information
  5. Strategies
  6. Unit Activities
  7. Literacy Biography Key Points
  8. Bibliography
  9. Notes
  10. Appendix A – Virginia Standards of Learning

American Biographies: Lives Transformed by Literacy

Holly K. Banning

Published September 2010

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Notes

  1. Douglass, Frederick. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass." Free eBooks by Project Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23/23-h/23-h.htm (accessed June 14, 2010).
  2. Payne, Ruby K. A Framework for Understanding Poverty. New York: Aha Process, Inc., 2005. 11
  3. Osei-Kofi, Nana. "Pathologizing the Poor: A Framework for Understanding Ruby Payne's Work." Equity & Excellence in Education 38 (2005): 367-375.
  4. Payne, Ruby K. A Framework for Understanding Poverty. New York: Aha Process, Inc., 2005. 17
  5. Ibid. 17
  6. Ibid. 18
  7. Lee, Hermione. Biography: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions). 1st Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2009. 5
  8. "Biography." Dictionary.com. www.dictionary.com (accessed July 7, 2010).
  9. Lee, Hermione. Biography: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions). 1st Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2009. 2
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid.
  12. Virginia Department of Education. (2002). Virginia Standards of Learning. http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/ (accessed February 4, 2010).
  13. Lee, Hermione. Virginia Woolf's Nose: Essays on Biography. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. 39
  14. Terminology synonymous with "prior knowledge"
  15. Tompkins, Gail E. Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach (5th Edition) (MyEducationLab Series). 5 ed. Alexandria, VA: Prentice Hall, 2009. 222
  16. Ibid.

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