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CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 15.01.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Student Objectives
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. What is Dystopian Literature and Why Should We Teach It?
  6. Characteristics of Dystopian Literature
  7. Types of Dystopian Controls
  8. Themes in Dystopian Literature
  9. Why Pair Fiction and Nonfiction?
  10. Classroom Activities
  11. Bibliography
  12. Suggestions for Further Research
  13. Appendices
  14. Notes

Dystopian Societies in Adolescent Literature: Can Compliance and Freedom Coexist Peacefully In A Dark, Dystopian World?

Teresa Rush

Published September 2015

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Notes

  1. Langston Hughes, I Look at the World, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/182644, (Accessed August 2, 2015)
  2. Ibid
  3. Bonnie Hill, Nancy Johnson, and Katherine Schlick. Overview of Literature Circles, http://www.litcircles.org/Overview/overview.html, (Accessed July 14, 2015).
  4. Ibid
  5. Ibid
  6. Ibid
  7. Ibid
  8. Ibid
  9. "All About Adolescent Literacy", Double-Entry Journals. http://www.adlit.org/strategies/22091/, (Accessed July 14, 2015).
  10. "All About Adolescent Literacy," Jigsaw. http://www.adlit.org/strategies/22371/, (Accessed July 6, 2015).
  11. "Definition of Dystopia in English", Dystopia: Definition of Dystopia in Oxford Dictionary, http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/dystopia, (Accessed July 6, 2015).
  12. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia, (Accessed July 3, 2015).
  13. "Utopia and Dystopia Information", Utopia and Dystopia, http://www.utopiaanddystopia.com/. (Accessed July 6, 2015).
  14. The Republic: The Allegory of the Cave. Brea, CA: P & L Publication, 2010. Book VII.
  15. More, Thomas, and Edward Surtz, Utopia, 1964, New Haven: Yale University Press, 66-83.
  16. Milton, John, Paradise Lost, 1667, Menston, 1968 (Yorks.), 86-1129.
  17. 2006. Accessed August 6, 2015. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson926/DefinitionCharacteristics.pdf.
  18. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia, (Accessed July 3, 2015).
  19. Ibid
  20. Ibid
  21. "Key Shifts in English Language Arts." Common Core State Standards Initiative. 2015. Accessed August 2, 2015. http://www.corestandards.org/other-resources/key-shifts-in-english-language-arts/.
  22. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia, (Accessed July 3, 2015).

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