Why Literature Matters

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 16.02.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale and Background Information
  3. Objectives
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Teacher Resources
  7. Bibliography
  8. Appendix: Incorporating Common Core State Standards
  9. Endnotes

Reading One Another: Fostering Passion and Identity Growth through African-American Literature

Robert McKinnon Schwartz

Published September 2016

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Teacher Resources

  1. The poems of Langston Hughes can be found at poetryfoundation.org
  2. Excerpt from Passing by Nella Larsen can be found in The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader. New York: Viking, 1994.
  3. com, a subsidiary of Amazon, is a pay service, but many of the audiobooks, including the two letters in this unit, are around $1.00 or less.
  4. “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” read by Langston Hughes with commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cKDOGhghMU
  5. The Text Connection Triangle:

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