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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED243782 AUTHOR: Chilcoat, George W.
TITLE: The Schoolmarm and the Big City Immigrant: The Study
of the American Urban Experience through Popular Culture.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1983
NOTE: 30 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
National Council for the Social Studies (San Francisco, CA,
November 26, 1983). For related documents on using popular
culture to teach American history, see SO 015 630-631.
ABSTRACT: Activities focusing on three popular culture
genres of the late nineteenth century--the muckraker
magazine, the dime novel, and melodrama--help secondary
students appreciate the ethnic diversity, social problems,
and social themes of turn-of-the-century urban America.
Material is divided into four sections. Following an
introduction, the first section describes advantages of
using these genres in the classroom. In the remaining
sections, historical background and literary
characteristics of each genre are accompanied by a
description of a major student project. Students design and
write a muckraking magazine, write a dime novel, and
produce a melodrama based on themes relevant to the period.
For each activity, directions, layout design, and
evaluation questions are provided. (LP)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Activities; Cultural-Awareness;
Cultural-Education; Cultural-Pluralism; Ethnic-Groups;
Humanities-Instruction; Immigrants-; Instructional
Materials; Learning-Activities; Secondary-Education; Social
History; Social-Problems; Social-Studies; Theater-Arts
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *American-Studies; *Popular-Culture;
*United-States-History; *United-States-Literature; *Urban
Culture
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