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Ethical Concerns of Using Texts Involving Death in the English Classroom
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Eric Ekholm – English Journal, 2017
In this article, the author uses lesson reflection as a way to consider ethical issues that accompany teaching with texts that include death. More specifically, the article examines the relationship between moral education and analytic or skills-based education.
Descriptors: Moral Values, Values Education, Ethical Instruction, Language Arts
Challenging Characters: Learning to Reach Inward and Outward from Characters Who Face Oppression
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Hsieh, Betina – English Journal, 2012
Throughout the author's 10 years in the middle school classroom, Anne Frank remains one of the most powerful figures that her students take away from their eighth-grade year. At first glance, her students don't think they share much more than their age with the World War II heroine. They are from almost every part of the world "except" Europe;…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Violence, Adolescent Literature, Foreign Countries
Take the Bullies to Task: Using Process Drama to Make a Stand
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Baer, Allison L.; Glasgow, Jacqueline N. – English Journal, 2008
To "empower students to think and act more effectively" concerning violence and bullying within schools, Allison L. Baer and Jacqueline N. Glasgow suggest close examination and discussion of literature that foregrounds violence and bystander participation. Baer and Glasgow recommend several useful novels for addressing the various roles of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Violence, Student Behavior, Antisocial Behavior