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Archive: May 2019 (2 Posts)

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Asking Students to Re-Imagine a Living Newspaper Play with Playbills from the Federal Theatre Project

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

In the May 2019 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article discusses the Federal Theatre Project. The article focuses on one play, One Third of a Nation, a Living Newspaper production. Living Newspaper productions addressed social issues of the day, typically presenting factual information in mostly fictionalized ways to audiences.

Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)

One woman watches as another examines with a magnifying glass an ornate, decorative image on a printed page

Teaching with Historical Children’s Books

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

The process of selecting books published long ago for a present-day audience provoked thoughtful conversations among our staff. We knew that the style of writing, the subject matter, and even the jokes found in century-old books might be difficult for young readers today to engage with. We knew that every book that we selected would inevitably reflect some of the attitudes, perspectives and beliefs of its own time, as well as failing to represent diverse authors and audiences.

Posted in: Poetry and Literature, Teaching Strategies