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Teaching Huckleberry Finn : why and how to present the controversial classic in the high school classroom
- Title
- Teaching Huckleberry Finn : why and how to present the controversial classic in the high school classroom / John Nogowski.
- Author
- Nogowski, John, 1953-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- vii, 171 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Nearly all of the Gadsden County's student body is black and considered economically disadvantaged, the highest percentage of any school district in Florida. Fewer than 15 percent perform at grade level. An idealistic new teacher at East Gadsden High, John Nogowski discovered that the Department of Education's techniques would not work in this environment. He wanted to make an impact on his students' lives. In a room stacked with battered classics like A Raisin in the Sun and To Kill a Mockingbird, he found 300 pristine, "quarantined" copies of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Abused by an alcoholic father, neglected by his own community, consigned to a life of privation and danger. Wouldn't Huck strike a chord with these kids? Were he alive today, wouldn't he be one of them? Part lesson plan, part memoir, Nogowski's surprising narrative details his experience teaching Twain's politically charged satire of American racism and hypocrisy to poor black teens--back cover.
- Subjects
- Literature and society
- Prohibited books
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain, Mark)
- Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)
- United States
- Prohibited books > United States
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Study and teaching
- History
- 1800-1899
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Study skills
- Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Why Huck? Why now? -- Wrestling with the "N" word -- A rich tapestry of themes -- A splash, a split and a pause -- Twain stops the show; as intended -- Navigating his way to the finish -- A critical casserole; who's right? -- Incorrect correctness, another flawed finish -- Appendix A: Two critical responses to Huckleberry Finn -- Appendix B: Selected short works by Twain, with annotations -- Appendix C: Additional Twain-related assignments -- Suggested reading and viewing.
- Call Number
- Sc D 19-411
- ISBN
- 9781476674285
- 1476674280
- 9781476633077 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018027538
- 40028446140
- OCLC
- 1016945038
- Author
- Nogowski, John, 1953- author.
- Title
- Teaching Huckleberry Finn : why and how to present the controversial classic in the high school classroom / John Nogowski.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028446140
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 19-411