Bibliography
Becker, Bronwyn E., and Suniya S. Luthar. 2002. “Social-Emotional Factors Affecting
Achievement Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Students: Closing the Achievement Gap.” Educational Psychologist 37 (4): 197–214.
A very compelling study surveying the most effective programs for SEL in high-poverty schools, highlighting the great necessity for positive student-teacher relationships and positive school-culture.
Britannica Academic, s.v. "Christianity," accessed July 16, 2018,
https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/Christianity/105945.
My use of this article was focused on information about the cross and its symbolism and a section called “The Problem of Suffering.”
Cox, James M. "Longfellow and His Cross of Snow." PMLA 75, no. 1 (1960): 97-100.
doi:10.2307/460431.
A thorough biographical reading of Longfellow’s poem. This essay also explores the intertextual relationship between Dante’s Inferno and “The Cross of Snow,” comparing Dante’s Beatrice to Longfellow’s deceased wife.
Eva-Wood, Amy L. “Does Feeling Come First? How Poetry Can Help Readers Broaden Their Understanding of Metacognition.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy: A Journal from the International Reading Association 51, no. 7 (2008): 564–76.
One of the most inspiring readings for this unit, a comprehensive examination of poetry and metacognitive thinking skills. Highly recommended for teachers interested in implementing this unit.
Felski, Rita, and Susan Fraiman. "Introduction." New Literary History 43, no. 3 (2012): V-Xii.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23358871.
An exciting introduction to affect theory and its applications to literary studies, politics, and life in general, the writers seek to “recast ‘moodiness’” as the “the flavor of our days” (xii).
Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Random House Publishing Group, 2012.
Seminal work on social and emotional intelligence arguing urgently for more attention to its development and maintenance. Goleman writes urgently about the need for SEL in public schools.
Greene, Maxine. Variations on a Blue Guitar: The Lincoln Center Institute Lectures on Aesthetic Education. Teachers College Press, 2001.
A series of lectures, somewhat repetitive and rhapsodic in nature, that are nevertheless inspiring and informative regarding the deeper integration of the arts in public education.
Hetland, Lois, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema, and K. Sheridan. Studio Thinking 2. Teachers College Press, 2014.
A compelling blueprint for adopting the structures of successful art studio-classrooms to the non-art classroom.
Kennedy, Gregor, and Jason M. Lodge. “Confused? Don’t Worry Because That Can Be a Good Thing.” The Conversation, September 13, 2016. Accessed Aug. 1, 2018. http://theconversation.com/confused-dont-worry-because-that-can-be-a-good-thing-64421.
An informal yet well-researched look at the benefits of admitting you are confused, and the limits of those benefits.
Lerner, L. D, and J. Robinson. “Emotion.” In Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, edited by Roland Green, Stephen Cushman, and Clare Cavanaugh. 4th ed. Princeton University Press, 2012. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/prpoetry/emotion/0?institutionId=1032
This entry explains in depth how theorists and writers themselves have historically viewed the role of emotion in the production and valuation of literature. An interesting and useful read for teachers interested in beginning a study of affect theory.
Lieberman, Matthew D. “Searching for implicit emotion regulation.” In The Nature of Emotion, edited by R. Davidson, A. Shackman, A. Fox & R. Lapate. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, in press. Accessed August 15, 2018.http://www.scn.ucla.edu/pdf/Lieberman(2015)NatofEmo.pdf
A very readable overview of affective labeling and its efficacy in emotional regulation.
Lucks, Daniel S. Selma to Saigon: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2014. Accessed August 10, 2018. https://muse.jhu.edu/
A fascinating and important volume detailing the often overlooked connections between the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the (protests of) the Vietnam War.
Rosenblatt, Louise Michelle. Literature as Exploration. Modern Language Association of America, 1995. Kindle.
This book is a classic that can truly be inspiring and reinvigorating for ELA teachers. It serves as a guide for teachers and readers to utilize literature not as a means to an end (correctly applying one’s memorization of literary terms to the text), but as a means to re-humanizing ourselves.
“Selma to Montgomery March | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute.” n.d. Accessed August 10, 2018. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/selma-montgomery-march.
An excellent resource, part of a comprehensive encyclopedia, for learning about Dr. King and his times.
Shariatmadari, “Why Does Music Give Us Chills,” The Guardian. September 2, 2015. Accessed July 30, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/02/why-does-music-give-us-chills-google
An article worth sharing with students about what is happening in our brains when we get those pleasant chills listening to music, among other effects.
St. Clair, Kassia. The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2016.
A very fun and useful book that provides interesting historical and cultural facts and stories about specific colors that can be shared with students.
Summit Post.org. “Mount of the Holy Cross.” Accessed July 18, 2018. https://www.summitpost.org/mount-of-the-holy-cross-1873/786826
This website, run by mountaineers, details the story of the famous photograph of the Holy Cross, as well as information pertinent to actually hiking the mountain and its neighbors.
Tucker, Spencer C., and Tucker. "Overview of the Vietnam War." In Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History, edited by Spencer C. Tucker. 2nd ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/abcvw/overview_of_the_vietnam_war/0?institutionId=1032
An overview of events leading up to and then comprising the Vietnam War. Useful for teachers who are not well-read in the era.
Walton, Anthony. “The Eye of Faith [’Monet's ‘Waterlilies’’].” In Robert Hayden: Essays on the Poetry, 328–31, 2001.
A brief and eloquent essay describing Hayden’s poem and its relation to his life, times, and his Bahá’í faith.
Welsh, Ryan. “Ekphrasis.” TheUniversityofChicago: TheoriesofMedia: KeywordsGlossary. Web 1 (2007). Accessed July 18, 2018. http://csmt.uchicago.edu/glossary2004/ekphrasis.htm.
I found this article to be a nice refresher on ekphrasis and its history.
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