Seminar Leader:
Peter Conn Preface:
“Peter Conn retired from Penn as Vartan Gregorian Professor of English and Professor of Education, and was a member of the graduate groups in the history of art and American civilization, a member of the urban studies and Asian-American studies faculties, and an affiliated member of the Center for East Asian Studies. His publications include The Divided Mind: Ideology and Imagination in America, 1898-1917 (Cambridge University Press, 1983; paperback editions, 1988 and 2008), and Literature in America (Cambridge University Press, 1989), which was a main selection of Associated Book Clubs (UK). Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography (Cambridge, 1996; Paperback 1998), was chosen as a “New York Times Notable Book,” was listed among the best 25 books of 1996 by Publishers Weekly and among the best books of the year by Library Journal, was included among the five finalists for the National Book Critics Circle award in biography, and received the Athenaeum Award. ”
https://www.english.upenn.edu/people/peter-conn
Unit Title | Author |
2011
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Erin Bloom |
Keywords: comic books, graphic novels, literacy |
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Pamela Elters |
Keywords: counting, Eric Carle, illustrations, maps, size |
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Nicole Flores |
Keywords: African American literature, comprehension, Literature |
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Melissa Freeman |
Keywords: language play, poetry, reading skills |
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Rachel Gelb |
Keywords: early literacy, literacy, poetry, Reading |
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Grace Hollaender |
Keywords: Charlotte's web, Math, Reading, social studies, writing |
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Klair McGlynn |
Keywords: Caldecott, illustrations, vocabulary |
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Lori Mehler |
Keywords: English, medieval, narrative |
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Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe |
Keywords: banned, books, constitution, History, social history |
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Kate Reber |
Keywords: American History, literary devices, Virginia Lee Burton |
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Darlene Schaffer |
Keywords: Edgar Allen Poe, learning disbability, mystery, Technology |
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Jessica L. Coldren |
Keywords: Aesop's Fables, allegory, symbolism, The Giver |
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Allison Wudarski |
Keywords: Eric Carle, literacy, Math, Media |
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Stacia Parker |
Keywords: Holocaust, Literature, prejudice, racism, stereotypes |
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