Moving Beyond Personal Loss to Societal Grieving: Discussing Death's Social Impact through Literature in the Secondary ELA Classroom
- ISBN-10
- 1475843852
- ISBN-13
- 9781475843859
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-11-23
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Authors
- Steven T. Bickmore, Michelle M. Falter
Description
Moving Beyond Personal Loss to Societal Grieving considers how secondary English language arts teachers can thoughtfully teach pieces of literature in their classrooms in which large-scale deaths are a significant aspect of the texts. Each chapter provides practical activities for students to engage with loss through writing, projects, and prompts.
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