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Law Meets Literature

A Novel Approach for the English Classroom

von: Gretchen Oltman, Johnna L. Graff, Cynthia Wood Maddux
24,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	23.12.2015
ISBN/EAN:	9781475822588
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	132

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

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Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Why Law and Literature? Why Law and Literature Works in the ELA Classroom How to Use this Text A Note from the Authors Chapter 2: Case Law in a Literature Classroom Case Law Through a Literary Lens Bethel School Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986) Tips for Teaching Literature Using Case Law Where Do I Find Case Law to Use as Literature? A Note from the Authors Chapter 3: Standing Up Against Injustice Standing Up Against Injustice: Essential Questions For This Theme Suggested Literature Selections Applicable Case Law Law and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: Antigone by Sophocles A Note from the Authors Chapter 4: Whose Law is it Anyway? Whose Law is it Anyway?: Essential Questions For This Theme Suggested Literature Selections Applicable Case Law Law and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: The Round House by Louise Erdrich A Note from the Authors Chapter 5: But That’s Not Fair! But That’s Not Fair!: Essential Questions For This Theme Suggested Literature Selections Applicable Case Law Law and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee A Note from the Authors Chapter 6: It’s All in Your Head It’s All in Your Head: Essential Questions For This Theme Suggested Literature Selections Applicable Case Law Law and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman A Note from the Authors Chapter 7: Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment: Essential Questions For This Theme Suggested Literature Selections Applicable Case Law Law and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: Billy Budd Herman Melville A Note from the Authors Chapter 8: Protecting Your Freedoms Crime and Punishment: Essential Questions For This Theme Suggested Literature Selections Applicable Case Law Law and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: 1984 by George Orwell A Note from the Authors Chapter 9: Reasonable Is as Reasonable Does Reasonable Is as Reasonable Does: Essential Questions For This Theme Suggested Literature Selections Applicable Case Law Law and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Note from the Authors Chapter 10: Why’d You Do It? Reasonable Is as Reasonable Does: Essential Questions For This Theme Suggested Literature Selections Applicable Case Law Law and Literature Lesson in Action with the Featured Literature Selection: “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell A Note from the Authors Bibliography Index About the Editors

Autorenportrait

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.