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Patrick O\u27Meara, Howard D. Mehlinger and Matthew Krain, Eds. 2000. Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century: A Reader
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Literature and Canadian History: A Marriage Made in Heaven?
No full textIn this article, the author develops the idea that the study of historical novels has the capacity to help students develop a sense of "historical empathy." Drawing on examples taken from a wide range of historical fiction, the author suggests that for this empathetic sense to be fully realized, teachers need to apply four specific selection criteria to their choice of novels to study. As a study aid, the author provides an extensive bibliography of historical resources
Culture, Gender, Representation and Response: High School Students Interacting with Texts
No full textThis paper examines issues of strategic readings of multicultural literature taken up by two young women of East Indian heritage in a Canadian high school. In their responses to Bharati Mukherjee\u27s The Management of Grief, these two students illuminate the complexities of the intersections of multiculturalism, gender and cultural translation through reading practices. Implications for social studies and history teachers include the suggestion that multiple interrogations of curricular texts must be engaged in by students in order to gain a variety of perspectives
