Writing America : classroom literacy and public engagement / edited by Sarah Robbins and Mimi Dyer ; foreword by Paul Lauter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robbins, Sarah.

Dyer, Mimi.

National Writing Project (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life--Study and teaching--United States.

Community life.

Local history.

Community life--Study and teaching.

United States--History, Local--Study and teaching.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 179 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press ; Berkeley, CA : National Writing Project, [2005]

Summary:

This practical volume addresses teachers' most immediate and constant wish-to engage students in meaningful learning. Written by teachers affiliated with the National Writing Project, this engrossing collection presents examples of classroom-based community studies projects that showcase teachers' reflective practice in action, models for professional growth, collaborative staff development programs, and much more.

Contents:

Prologue: Keeping and Creating Teachers' Learning Communities / Elyse Eidman-Aadahl 1

1 Overview: Classroom Literacies and Public Culture / Sarah Robbins 8

Part I Community Studies in the Classroom 25

2 Discovering the Power of My Place: Personal Journeys to a Community Focus / Sylvia Martinez 27

3 From Personal Research to Community Learning / Linda Templeton 39

4 A City Too Busy to Reflect? Public History, Controversy, and Civic Engagement / LeeAnn Lands 50

5 Uncovering a Region's Past to Build Community Today: Collaborative Learning About Cherokee Heritage / Patsy Hamby 64

6 I Belong to This Place: Claiming a Neighborhood Landmark / Leslie Walker 74

7 Composing Communities: College Students Become Real Research Writers / Linda Stewart 83

Part II Public Literacy Projects and Civic Culture 97

8 Learning to Write as a Community: Embracing Collaborative Process and Product / Traci Blanchard 99

9 Writing a Museum / Bonnie Webb 110

10 Building Community Through Performance Activities / Mimi Dyer 119

11 Composing History: Linking Community Stories in a Music-Drama-Documentary / W. Scott Smoot 132

12 History Happened Here: Engaging Communities of Students and Teachers / Peggy Corbett 143

Afterword: Keeping and Creating American Communities: American Studies in Theory and Practice / Cristine Levenduski 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807745278

OCLC:

55962392