{"product_id":"child-sized-history-fictions-of-the-past-in-u-s-classrooms-paperback","title":"Child-Sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara L. Schwebel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than three decades, the same children's historical novels have been taught across the United States. Honored for their literary quality and appreciated for their alignment with social studies curricula, the books have flourished as schools moved from whole-language to phonics and from student-centered learning to standardized testing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks like \u003ci\u003eJohnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry\u003c\/i\u003e stimulate children's imagination, transporting them into the American past and projecting them into an American future. As works of historical interpretation, however, many are startlingly out of step with current historiography and social sensibilities, especially with regard to race. Unlike textbooks, which are replaced on regular cycles and subjected to public tugs-of-war between the left and right, historical novels have simply--and quietly--endured. Taken individually, many present troubling interpretations of the American past. But embraced collectively, this classroom canon provides a rare pedagogical opportunity: it captures a range of interpretive voices across time and place, a kind of \"people's history\" far removed from today's state-sanctioned textbooks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeachers who employ historical novels in the classroom can help students recognize and interpret historical narrative as the product of research, analytical perspective, and the politics of the time. In doing so, they sensitize students to the ways in which the past is put to moral and ideological uses in the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing separate chapters on American Indians, war, and slavery, \u003ci\u003eChild-Sized History\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the changes in how young readers are taught to conceptualize history and the American nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe classroom canon of young adult novels in historical context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757946831136,"sku":"9780826517937","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f59e9d49984a5a1acb995f6ce9ef2dd5.webp?v=1780115196","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/child-sized-history-fictions-of-the-past-in-u-s-classrooms-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}