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    EDUCATION 465-4 Children's Literature
    Instructor: N. S. O'Connell
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    Wednesdays:
    4:30 - 8:30 p.m.
    January
    10th -
    April
    4th
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    Location: PDC 601
    TEXTS: Egoff, Sheila. The Republic of Childhood (A Critical Guide to
    Canadian Childre's Literature in English), Second Edition.
    Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1975.
    Lukens, Rebecca J. A Critical Handbook of Children's Literature.
    Agincourt: Gage Educational Publishers Ltd., 1976.
    OBJECTIVES:
    A. That students become familiar with the scope of children's literature
    through a survey of:
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    the fiction, fantasy, poetry, lore...
    2.
    the resources and criticism in the field
    3.
    award-winning books; evaluative criteria
    B. That students have in-depth knowledge of one genre (fantasy,
    poetry...) within the field of children's literature.
    C. That students know ways of integrating children's literature with
    an elementary school program.
    REQUIREMENTS:
    1. Write a paper on one
    Your paper should be
    has expressed a wish
    fantasy for pre-teen
    Indian legends;...).
    to you. (50?)
    genre within the field of children's literature.
    one that you could share with a teacher who
    to know more about the selected genre (i.e.
    children; Canadian fiction for older children;
    List references used in order of their value
    2.
    Plan and present with a
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    group of four (approx.,a workshop that
    illustrates a way or ways of either integrating children's literature
    with a class project or generating a class project as an outcome
    or reading a book or several books. (25)
    3.
    Outline (on no more than two pages) the books you would use and
    the points you would make if you were invited to give a "book talk"
    to the parents of children in a selected age range. (252)
    TOPICS: In addition to the literary elements discussed by R. Lukens in
    Chapters Two through Eight, and the Canadian children's literature
    (in English) discussed by S. Egoff, the following topics will be
    considered:
    1.
    Children's Literature as a way of knowing.
    2.
    Books of yesterday - an historical perspective.
    3.
    Censorship and children's books.
    4.
    Storytelling.
    5.
    Creative writing.
    6.
    Films and filmstrips as resources in Children's Literature.
    7.
    Children's books from the perspective of a publisher, an
    author and an illustrator.
    8.
    Other topics requested by students.

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