Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Homework 8/30/11

Period 4
Answer the questions that relate to the quote below:
Quote #3
"The books we [teachers] chose to bring into our classroom say a lot about what we think is important, whose stories get told, whose voices are heard, whose are marginalized."
1. What "stories"/who's "stories" do you think are told primarily in schools? (Is it your family's story?)
2. What does the word marginalized mean and what does that have to do with teaching?
3. How does this quote relate to the canon?

Period 5


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