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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> AISLE <aisle-bounces@list.railslibraries.info> on behalf of Tera Hafermann via AISLE <aisle@list.railslibraries.info><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> aisle@list.railslibraries.info <aisle@list.railslibraries.info><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tera Hafermann <hafermat@unit5.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [aisle] Help with American lit contemporary pairings</font>
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<div>Our English department is considering revamping their English 3 level curriculum that focuses on American literature and I would love to get your ideas. They don't want to get rid of American lit as the foundation, but would like to pair more current reading
material that students can connect with. Much of the literature in the current curriculum features marginalized groups with minorities as the victims. They would like to pair American literature with current material where marginalized groups are not represented
this way. This is much needed and I'm super excited about it! </div>
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<div>I would love to hear what your American lit classes are doing! Are any pairing classic American lit with more current reading material? If so, what are they pairing?</div>
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<div>Here is the <b>current </b>American lit course overview:</div>
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course is a journey across and through America via selected American authors representing the major periods, schools, and traditions in American literary history. Our texts will span the pre-colonial eras (before European colonization in the 1600s) to our
contemporary era; include multiple genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama); and attempt to examine the diversity that has shaped America over time. In thinking of the uniquely American journey, three central questions will guide our exploration:</span></p>
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America been shaped or impacted by the journeys of individuals?</span></p>
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individual journeys been shaped or impacted by America?</span></p>
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one’s own identity shaped by these journeys?</span></p>
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<div>This is the <b>current</b> required reading and unit sequence:</div>
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1: <b>Native American - Way to Rainy Mountain</b></span></p>
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Writing Component: Point of View Creative Narrative</span></p>
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Speaking & Listening Component: Oral Recitation of POV Narrative</span></p>
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<p><b>Tera Hafermann</b></p>
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