Genocide literature in middle and secondary classrooms : rhetoric, witnessing, and social action in a time of standards and accountability /: rhetoric, witnessing, and social action in a time of standards and accountability. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Sarah J. Donovan.
• Other Names: Donovan, Sarah J, 1973-
• Contents: The education of a teacher: the first year -- Reading and meeting a mandate to study genocide -- The rhetoric of the word: a case study of Bosnia Herzegovina -- Reading testimony: witnessing and the witness -- The rhetoric and aesthetic of fiction in genocide literature -- The ethics of a child narrator -- Emotional appeals, trauma, and aesthetic pleasure -- Rational appeals and didacticism -- The writing workshop -- A teacher's testimony: Michael Krzysztofiak -- Whole-class reading, research, and activism -- A teacher's testimony: Elaine Vogel -- The reading workshop -- A teacher's testimony: Sumer Samano -- Assessment: no more numbers and letters -- A teacher's testimony: Amy Estanislao -- Conclusion: the education of a teacher continues.
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.15/10712773; EDUCATION / Curricula; Genocide -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- Illinois; Genocide in literature; Educational law and legislation -- Illinois; Education and state -- Illinois; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315621470; 1315621479; 9781317220053; 1317220056
• Related ISBNs: 9781138657236; 1138657239
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.