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Informationen zum Autor Gretchen Oltman, JD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Leadership at Creighton University. She is a lawyer, author, and former high school English teacher.Johnna Graff, JD, is a 2004 graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law. She is currently an English department chair and teacher at Lincoln Southeast High School and adjunct faculty at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Cynthia Maddux, JD, is a former practicing attorney and non-profit executive director. She is currently an English teacher at Lincoln North Star High School and adjunct faculty at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Klappentext This text was developed by three experienced English teachers, who also happen to be lawyers. The law provides a new dimension to popular literary themes, like justice, fairness and equality. These legal documents will enhance the discussion in the English/Language Arts classroom. With the Common Core State Standards' emphasis on incorporating primary documents of historical and literary significance, literature teachers have more opportunity than ever to use case law and other legal documents as texts. Each thematic unit includes essential questions, familiar fiction and nonfiction selections with connections to the theme, teaching notes, and relevant cases with before, during, and after-discussion questions. The text demonstrates not only the importance of the thoughtful selection of legal documents to meet state and national standards, but also includes new approaches to classic texts. With an easily accessible format, teachers will overcome any intimidation of case law and embrace the use of legal documents to enhance the literature in a new, insightful way. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Why Law and Literature?Why Law and Literature Works in the ELA ClassroomHow to Use this TextA Note from the AuthorsChapter 2: Case Law in a Literature ClassroomCase Law Through a Literary LensBethel School Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986)Tips for Teaching Literature Using Case LawWhere Do I Find Case Law to Use as Literature?A Note from the AuthorsChapter 3: Standing Up Against InjusticeStanding Up Against Injustice: Essential Questions For This ThemeSuggested Literature SelectionsApplicable Case LawLaw and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: Antigone by SophoclesA Note from the AuthorsChapter 4: Whose Law is it Anyway?Whose Law is it Anyway?: Essential Questions For This ThemeSuggested Literature SelectionsApplicable Case LawLaw and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: The Round House by Louise ErdrichA Note from the AuthorsChapter 5: But That's Not Fair!But That's Not Fair!: Essential Questions For This ThemeSuggested Literature SelectionsApplicable Case LawLaw and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Note from the AuthorsChapter 6: It's All in Your HeadIt's All in Your Head: Essential Questions For This ThemeSuggested Literature SelectionsApplicable Case LawLaw and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins GilmanA Note from the AuthorsChapter 7: Crime and PunishmentCrime and Punishment: Essential Questions For This ThemeSuggested Literature SelectionsApplicable Case LawLaw and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: Billy Budd Herman MelvilleA Note from the AuthorsChapter 8: Protecting Your FreedomsCrime and Punishment: Essential Questions For This ThemeSuggested Literature SelectionsApplicable Case LawLaw and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: 1984 by George OrwellA Note from the AuthorsChapter 9: Reasonable Is as Reasonable DoesReasonable Is as Reasonable Does: Essential Questions For This ThemeSuggested Literature Selections...
