Using Hist Lit in Cross-Cultural Teach

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This is a course designed to meet the needs of secondary teachers interested in finding additional literature to use as supplemental resources for their curriculum. We will discuss the benefits and challenges to learning history through literature, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as address the needs of today's middle and teen readers. This course will examine both classic literature of the canon as well as contemporary, young adult pieces in order to identify a range of titles suitable for a variety of teenage audiences, reading levels, and course objectives.