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Black Literature for High School Students.

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Title: Black Literature for High School Students.
Language: English
Authors: Stanford, Barbara Dodds, Amin, Karima, National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.
Availability: National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (Stock No. 03308, $4.75 non-member, $3.95 member)
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 274
Publication Date: 1978
Document Type: Book
Descriptors: African Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Autobiographies, Biographies, Black Culture, Black History, Black Literature, Black Studies, Class Activities, English Instruction, Fiction, Folk Culture, Literary Influences, Literary Perspective, Literary Styles, Literature Appreciation, Literature Programs, Mythology, Secondary Education, United States Literature
Geographic Terms: U.S.; Illinois
Abstract: An interracial team of teachers and regional consultants worked together revising this ten-year-old book on the teaching of black literature. The first section discusses black literature in terms of its discovery, tradition, and affective aspects; outlines goals and objectives for the course; presents a historical survey of black American writers; considers junior novels, short story collections, biographies, and autobiographies (historical and modern) by both black and white writers; and presents supplementary bibliographies of black literature. The second part of the book deals with classroom uses of black American literature. Included in this section are outlines for two literature units on the black experience; units on slave narratives and autobiography, poetry, and the short story; a course on Afro-American literature; and a senior elective course on black literature, for which a bibliography is included. Also included are suggestions for composition, discussion, role-playing, and games. The book contains a directory of publishers and author and title indexes. (MAI)
Journal Code: RIEJAN1979
Entry Date: 1979
Accession Number: ED158293
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:An interracial team of teachers and regional consultants worked together revising this ten-year-old book on the teaching of black literature. The first section discusses black literature in terms of its discovery, tradition, and affective aspects; outlines goals and objectives for the course; presents a historical survey of black American writers; considers junior novels, short story collections, biographies, and autobiographies (historical and modern) by both black and white writers; and presents supplementary bibliographies of black literature. The second part of the book deals with classroom uses of black American literature. Included in this section are outlines for two literature units on the black experience; units on slave narratives and autobiography, poetry, and the short story; a course on Afro-American literature; and a senior elective course on black literature, for which a bibliography is included. Also included are suggestions for composition, discussion, role-playing, and games. The book contains a directory of publishers and author and title indexes. (MAI)