Writing our communities : local learning and public culture

Writing our communities : local learning and public culture / edited by Dave Winter, Sarah Robbins.

Other author/creator	Winter, Dave, 1967-
Other author/creator	Robbins, Sarah.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English ; Berkeley, Calif. : National Writing Project, ©2005.
Description	xxv, 110 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Communities--Study and teaching --United States --Case studies. Community life--United States --Study and teaching --Case studies. English language--Composition and exercises --Study and teaching. Lesson planning. United States--History, Local --Study and teaching --Case studies.

Contents	Introductory Activities -- Sharing Stories to Build Community / Linda Hadley Stewart -- Making the Classroom Our Place / Leslie M. Walker -- Single-Class-Period Activities -- Take Two: Reading Community Photos / Mimi Dyer -- Viewfinders: Students Picturing Their Communities / Gerri Hajduk -- Giving Students a Penny for Their Thoughts / Oreather J. Bostick-Morgan -- A Correspondence between Atlanta Students / Dave Winter -- Units/Major Assignments -- Setting the Stage for Historical Fiction / Bernadette Lambert -- Preserving the City / Bonnie G. Webb -- Recovering Displaced Heritages in Multiple Contexts / Linda Templeton -- Extended Research Projects -- Hometown History: The Hickory Flat Oral History Project / Peggy M. Corbett -- My Classroom Really Is a Zoo / Dave Winter -- "Writing Suburbia" in Pictures and Print / Sarah Robbins.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-104).
LCCN	2004021097
ISBN	0814159206 (pbk)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HM756 .W755 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold