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Title:
Rhythm and resistance : teaching poetry for social justice / edited by Linda Christensen and Dyan Watson.
Author:
Christensen, Linda.

Watson, Dyan.
Publication Information:
Milwaukee, WI : Rethinking Schools, [2015]

©2015
Call Number:
PN1101 .R49 2015
Abstract:
"Rhythm and Resistance offers practical lessons about how to teach poetry to build community, understand literature and history, talk back to injustice, and construct stronger literacy skills across content areas and grade levels-- from elementary school to graduate school. Rhythm and Resistance reclaims poetry as a necessary part of a larger vision of what it means to teach for justice."--Back cover.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780942961614
Physical Description:
x, 257 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Contents:
Roots: where we're from -- Celebrations: lift every voice and sing -- Poetry of the people: breathing life into literary and historical characters -- Standing up in troubled times: creating a culture of conscience -- Turning pain into power -- The craft of poetry.
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