collage of two Victorian photographs |
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Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Exam |
Week 3 |
CLASS I |
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. Illustrated B&N edition. With introduction by Robert Tyne. Numerous annotations | ebook in EUB format. Screen-friendly. Readable with Mobipocket, smartphone application or e-Reader. 3.6 MB | |
1909 - Harper edition | Large (13 MB) PDF file of an archive book. Has both the look and feel of the original and remains searchable onscreen. | |||
Comics edition (bande desinnée) | - | 6,5 MB DJV format, requires DJVu viewer. | ||
Websters Thesaurus edition - has lexic explained in footnotes | 3,2 MB PDF file. | |||
Week 4 |
CLASS II: Jacob August Riis |
The Children of the Poor by Jacob A. Riis. This is a non-fiction book of investigative journalism led by Danish-born social reformer Jacob August Riis. Riis, a muckracking journalist reported and photographed the homeless children in New York. Since this is a long book, it's enough to browse it and read passages that seem interesting to you |
* | 2MB ePUB file. Good for reading on screen.. |
The Children of the Tenements by Jacob A. Riis. Short stories inspired by Riis field work in the tenements (large block of flats) of NYC. Read 2 or 3 stories. |
Lightweight (0.4 MB) ebook in EPUB format. Screen-friendly. Readable with Mobipocket, smartphone application or e-Reader. 3.6 MB | |||
Nilby's Christmas by Jacob A. Riis. Read one story. |
0.5 MB ePUB file. | |||
Jacob A. RIIS -- more online resources about Riis |
* A brief biography of Riis * Riis's reform photography * Riis on Masters of Photography * Muckrakers and Reformers - has a section on Riis * Muckrakers: Using Words to Win Political Battles
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click on the links. | ||
Week 5 |
CLASS III: Class and Youth Gangs |
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. A surprising novel published in 1967, written by an unlikely author. Excerpts. Includes a preface and some critical opinions |
3 MB PDF file.. | Excerpts from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton in a screen-friendly format (but without the preface...) | ePUB file for screen reading and ebooks. 0.4MB . | The Outsiders a 1983 film by Francis Ford Coppola (director of "The Godfather") Before clicking on the image on the right, try to guess who the actors in the image are... |
Can you recognize the actors? If not, check them here. |
Week 6 |
RACE I Slavery in America |
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The text and comments. | 12 MB PDF file.. | |
Week 7 |
RACE II White suprematism and the South |
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Plus: Historical context, civil rights movement, censorship. |
Large 13 MB PDF file.. | |
Week 8 |
ETHNICITY: Gypsies |
About Diddakoi by Rumer Godden 1994 novel | Large 20 MB PDF file.. | |
Week 9 |
ETHNICITY: Migrants |
About The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. | 0.3 MB EPUB file.. | About The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. | 5.2 MB illustrated PDF file.. |
Week 10 |
BODY IMAGE: Lookism and weightism |
About Fat Camp by Deborah Blumenthal American YA novel. |
3 MB PDF file.. | |
Week 11 |
DISABILITY STUDIES I: Able-ism |
Optional: Polyanna by Eleanor Porter | * | 0.6 PDF file. | Optional: Polyanna by Eleanor Porter | * | 4.6 PDF facsimile file of the 1915 edition. | Optional: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett | * | 0.8 MB EPUB file by Weatherwax from GoodReads.com. | About The Little Hunchback Zia by Frances Hodgson Burnett. |
Brief (15 page) short story in PDF format.. |
Week 12 |
DISABILITY STUDIES II: Able-ism |
About Wonder by R.J. Palacio. A 2012 debut novel by an American illustrator. |
2.3 MB ePUB file.. | |
About Wonder by R.J. Palacio.. | 0.8 MB MOBI file. for Kindle ereaders. | |||
Week 13 |
AGE STUDIES II: Age-ism |
About Gangsta Granny by David Walliams.* | >* | 1 MB EPUB file.. |
About Gangsta Granny by David Walliams. | 1 MB MOBI file. for Kindle ereaders. | |||
Week 14 |
PRODIGIES and GEEKS: Bullying |
About Matilda by Roald Dahl. * |
>* | 2 MB EPUB file.. |
Week 15 |
RELIGION: |
About "Don't Look, The're Jews!" by Maria Perlberger Schmuel. Holocaust survivor testimonial. |
Short 1.5 MB PDF file.. |