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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1989
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED314757 |
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- Common Ground 1989: Suggested Literature for Alaskan Schools, Grades K-8. Alaska Natives Elementary Education Ethnic Groups Literature Appreciation Reading Material Selection Reading Materials State Curriculum Guides Intended to assist Alaskan school districts in their own selection and promotion of reading and literature, this guide to literature for use in grades K-8 has five purposes: (1) to encourage reading and the use of literature throughout Alaskan schools; (2) to promote the inclusion of Alaska native literature, and minority literature, in addition to the traditional Eastern and Western classics; (3) to help curriculum planners and committees to select books and obtain ideas for thematic units using literature; (4) to stimulate local educators to evaluate the use of literature in their schools and consider ways to use it as core material and as recreational reading; and (5) to accompany the state's Model Curriculum Guide in Language Arts, K-12, supplementing the references to literature, and to promote the reading of literature as an activity expected of all Alaskan students. Contents include: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction and Overview; Basic Intent of This Document; Criteria for Selection of Books; Questions for Local District Selection; Local Decision-Making Policies; Format of This Document; a note on the importance of Alaskan literature; a note on Implementation Ideas; Common Agreement Statements from Professional Associations; General Genre Listings; Alphabetical Listing of Suggested Literature (an annotated bibliography making up the greater part of the document); Recommended Authors Who Have Series or Bodies of Work (a list); Alaska Native Literature Anthologies (a list); "Role of Literature as a Source of History, Values and Identity" (excerpted from a paper by Edna MacLean); "The Right to Read" (an open letter from the National Council of Teachers of English); Library Bill of Rights; Sources for Alaskan Literature; a list of Alaskan associations represented on the Literature Panel responsible for this publication; Book Selection Guides; and Feedback Form. (SR)