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Henderson, Deborah; Fitzgerald, Dominique – English in Australia, 2014
This paper is concerned with how refugee stories can be used as the means of exploring values and developing intercultural understanding in the English classroom. To illustrate this possibility, AndrĂ© Dao's (2005) "Vuot Bien--The Search for Freedom: Huong Thi Nguen's Story," about the impact of war and oppression on people's lives,…
Descriptors: English Instruction, English Curriculum, Refugees, Foreign Countries
Soderquist, Alisa – 2002
Based on Stephen Crane's poems about war and his novel "The Red Badge of Courage," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that Crane examined war-related themes in prose and poetry; that close study of a poem for oral presentation helps readers see meaning or techniques not noted earlier; and that not all readers…
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts