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Developing Critical Awareness at the Middle Level

Using Texts as Tools for Critique and Pleasure

 

Preface

Chapter 1
Becoming Critically Conscious: Theoretical Understandings

Chapter 2
Learning the Critical: Moving From Theory to Practice

Chapter 3
Conflicts and Comparisons: Using Literary Theory With Middle-Level Learners

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Chapter 4
Identity and Representation: Becoming Critical of the Connection
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Chapter 5
Power and Critical Literacy: Gaining Understanding of How Power Works

Chapter 6
Oppression and Critical Literacy: Becoming Conscious, Becoming Concerned

Chapter 7
Multiple Perspectives: Addressing and Understanding Differences

Chapter 8
Critical Contextualization: Using Historical Fiction to Understand Change

Chapter 9
Where Do We Go From Here? Critical Consciousness, Critical Literacy, and the Questions That Remain

Appendix A
Social Justice Unit

Appendix B
Over 100 Books That Encourage Critical Consciousness

References

Index

 

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