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Chilcoat, George W. – 1983
Arranged into four parts, the paper offers practical and motivating techniques for using the dime novel in high school classrooms, particularly in the study of women's history. The first part of the paper describes the historical background of the dime novel that was originally intended to entertain the reading public with fast-paced action, high…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Creative Teaching, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
