Sea of Troubles - Pairing Literary and Informational Texts to Address Social Inequality

Sea of Troubles shows teachers how literature and informational texts can work together to enhance each other and, by extension, enhance students' abilities to critically think and respond to the sea of troubles that pervades society.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Syntactical Othering and The Merchant of Venice
Chapter Two: Racial Injustice and A Raisin in the Sun
Chapter Three: Intertextuality in The Merchant of Venice and A Raisin in the Sun
Chapter Four: Abuses of Power and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chapter Five: Authoritarianism in 1984 and Animal Farm
Chapter Six: Genocide and Ethnic Internment in Night and Farewell to Manzanar
Chapter Seven: Gender Inequality and The Handmaid's Tale
Chapter Eight: The Tragedy of Growing Up in Romeo and Juliet and To Kill a Mockingbird
Bibliography
About the Authors

About the author

Elizabeth James is the author of multiple children's books, including her bestselling trivia game books and the groundbreaking "Pippa Potter, President's Daughter" chapter-book series, which champions children's mental-health through a captivating story about a girl living in the White House.With two decades of experience in the publishing industry, Elizabeth has previously worked as a magazine editor, freelance writer and book publicist for New York Times' best-selling authors and books. She also has multiple devotions published in Guideposts' Pray a Word a Day, vol. 2 devotional.Elizabeth's writing mission statement is to create uplifting, heartfelt children's stories that inspire young readers to confidently grow their faith-in themselves and their world.

Summary

Sea of Troubles shows teachers how literature and informational texts can work together to enhance each other and, by extension, enhance students' abilities to critically think and respond to the sea of troubles that pervades society.

Product details

• Authors: B. H. James, B.H. James, Elizabeth James, Elizabeth James James
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781475857511
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5751-1
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Languages other than English, Educational: first/native language: reading & writing skills, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics