ENG 306 Children's Literature
Tentative Schedule
Semester Overview
WEEK ONE: Aug. 28 & 29
Tues: INTRODUCTIONS
Thurs: Ideology and Childhood
WEEK TWO: Sept. 4 & Sept. 6
Tues: All of Perrault's Fairytales (except "Little Red Riding Hood")
Determine Book/Author Presentation Groups
Thurs: Perrault cont...
Online Resources (RECOMMENDED):
Brief Perrault Biography
More on Perrault
French Fairy Tale Resource Page (beware, many of the links are defunct)
WEEK THREE: Sept. 11 & Sept. 13
Tues: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: Kinder und Hausmärchen (see on-line reading below)
On-line READING (REQUIRED BY TUESDAY):
The Frog King or Iron Heinrich
Rapunzel
Hansel and Gretel
Rumpelstiltskin
Thurs: "Little Red Riding Hood" Bring into class picture book version of Little Red Riding Hood. And remember to bring Perrault's Fairy Tales to class as well.
On-line READing (REQUIRED BY THURSDAY)
Little Red Riding Hood; all four tales on site: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Perrault, Italian/Austrian, and French
Online Resources (RECOMMENDED):
WEEK FOUR: Sept. 18 & 20
Tues: Julius Lester, Black Folk Tales
Thurs: Lester cont.
Online Resources (RECOMMENDED):
Mr. Lester's Homepage
Julius Lester's Badasssss Song
More on LOOK OUT, WHITEY! BLACK POWER'S GON' GET YOUR MAMA
More on Mr. Lester and his works
WEEK FIVE: Sept. 25 & 27
Tues: Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
Thurs: Ken Mochizuk, Baseball Saved Us
Online Resources (RECOMMENDED):
BookPage Interview
The Artistry and Influence of Maurice Sendak
Sendak Exhibit at the R. Michelson Gallery
BACKSTAGE Interview with Sendak
WEEK SIX: Oct. 2 & 4
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Tues: Josepha Sherman & T.K.F. Weisskopt, Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts
Thurs: Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts cont...
Online Resources (RECOMMENDED):
Dictionary of Playground Slang (Look for the links--you'll also find Ghastly Games, Hymns and Arias, and Seedy Songs and Rotten Rhymes. Keep in mind, this is an Australian site.)
Recess Counting Games
WEEK SEVEN: Oct. 9 & 11
Tues: Gary Soto, A Fire in My Hands
Thurs: Soto cont.
Online Resources (RECOMMENDED):
WEEK EIGHT: Oct. 16 & 18
Tues: MIDTERM EXAM!!!
Thurs: Begin Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
WEEK NINE: Oct 23 & 25
Tues: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland cont.
Thurs: Disney's Alice in Wonderland
Online Resources (RECOMMENDED):
Victorian Web: Carroll
Internet School Library Media Center Lewis Carroll Page
Lewis Carroll
Carroll Photography
More Photography
WEEK TEN: Oct. 30 & Nov. 1
Tues: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Thurs: Twain cont.
Online Resources (RECOMMENDED):
Boondocksnet: Mark Twain
Mark Twain in his Times
Mark Twain House
Hannibal MO
Twain Electronic Texts
WEEK ELEVEN: Nov. 6 & 8
Tues: E. Nesbit, Five Children and It
Thurs. It cont...
WEEK TWELVE: Nov. 13 & 15
WEEK THIRTEEN: Nov. 20 & Nov. 22
Tues: Pam Muñoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising
Thurs: NO CLASS: "Thanksgiving" holiday
Online Resources (RECOMMENDED):
WEEK FOURTEEN: Nov.27 & Nov. 29
Tues: Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons
Thurs: Creech cont...
WEEK FIFTEEN: Dec. 4 & Dec. 6
Tues: Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
Thurs: Terabithia cont...
WEEK SIXTEEN: FINAL EXAM WEEK
