WoodrowFan
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Thu Feb-28-08 11:29 AM
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Using Ghost Stories in class |
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Has anybody here ever used a ghost story or folk tale in a high school or college history class? I am trying to get my students to think about how events are remembered and I am experimenting with using a ghost story in part of a section on the Molly Maguires.
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shraby
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Thu Feb-28-08 11:35 AM
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1. It would totally depend on how you did it. |
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Will they subsequently be able to separate the fact from the fiction when the lessons are done, or will they always keep the two intertwined? I think you'd be better off sticking to fact and ask them to create a narrative on how they feel this impacted the citizenry involved, what other avenues could have been taken to accomplish the same objective, etc. Make their brains think in depth on an event.
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Thu Feb-28-08 11:48 AM
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2. People have been teaching Dickens & Chaucer for generations |
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Of course, local demographics and whether the local school has a fundy xian bent might impact on lesson plans. Seems to affect science curriculum in too many places. If you have a loud population that considers the paranormal/supernatural to be somehow evil, you might wanna don a flack jacket. Other wise, ghosts have always been useful vehicles for teaching many things.
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