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Classics in the Classroom
- Author:
- Thompson, Michael Clay
- Subjects:
- Professional Resources; Parenting; English Language Arts; Classics; English Literature
- Age:
- 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
- Grade:
- K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Order code:
- 2206
- Price:
- $14.99
- Online Price:
- $12.99
Here is an oasis of material for parents and teachers who want their children to benefit from the education of classic literature and original source material. Thompson believes that the classics are part of the heritage our civilization offers...they are part of being civilized. Classic literature help us to equip our children with preferences for subtlety, complexity, curiosity, equality, honesty, harmony and humanity...and can help to inoculate them against stupidity and cruelty, and inspire them with the love of thought. Once they are comfortable with ordinary educated language, children love these classics and prefer them to forgettable books. A classic may not be a best-seller for a winter. It may sell well for 30 or 300 winters!
Children who read classic books delight in good ideas, characterization, depth, complexity, word-play, originality, cleverness and imagination as much as adults do. Even the very young love to be read to.
Classics, Thompson writes: "make wonderfully appropriate sources of gifted ideas for gifted thinking."
Classics In the Classroom has two parts. The first contains the author's approach to classic literature and how it should be taught. The second part contains a list of 1,300 titles for readers in kindergarten through graduate school. Arranged alphabetically by author, the list includes comedy, tragedy, adventure, drama, children’s stories, poetry, philosophy, history. It is cross-referenced to other distinguished reading lists and indicates books that are prizewinners.
Michael Clay Thompson again: "Classics in the Classroom is an extended discussion of the value of classic literature at a time when school systems everywhere were deleting classics as politically incorrect. It is a defense of classics. The long list of 1,300 titles has codes that provide information about the books.
"The books listed span the range from earliest readers through graduate school. No commandments, but I spend time discussing my own approach to implementation of a literature program. Needless to say, no one ever learned to love to read books by reading anthologies; you learn to love books by reading books. That's the spirit."
Sample pages (pdf files) page 30 | page 36 | page 37 | page 52 | page 92
Here is an oasis of material for parents and teachers who want their children to benefit from the education of classic literature and original source material. Thompson believes that the classics are part of the heritage our civilization offers...they are part of being civilized. Classic literature help us to equip our children with preferences for subtlety, complexity, curiosity, equality, honesty, harmony and humanity...and can help to inoculate them against stupidity and cruelty, and inspire them with the love of thought. Once they are comfortable with ordinary educated language, children love these classics and prefer them to forgettable books. A classic may not be a best-seller for a winter. It may sell well for 30 or 300 winters!
Children who read classic books delight in good ideas, characterization, depth, complexity, word-play, originality, cleverness and imagination as much as adults do. Even the very young love to be read to.
Classics, Thompson writes: "make wonderfully appropriate sources of gifted ideas for gifted thinking."
Classics In the Classroom has two parts. The first contains the author's approach to classic literature and how it should be taught. The second part contains a list of 1,300 titles for readers in kindergarten through graduate school. Arranged alphabetically by author, the list includes comedy, tragedy, adventure, drama, children’s stories, poetry, philosophy, history. It is cross-referenced to other distinguished reading lists and indicates books that are prizewinners.
Michael Clay Thompson again: "Classics in the Classroom is an extended discussion of the value of classic literature at a time when school systems everywhere were deleting classics as politically incorrect. It is a defense of classics. The long list of 1,300 titles has codes that provide information about the books.
"The books listed span the range from earliest readers through graduate school. No commandments, but I spend time discussing my own approach to implementation of a literature program. Needless to say, no one ever learned to love to read books by reading anthologies; you learn to love books by reading books. That's the spirit."
Sample pages (pdf files) page 30 | page 36 | page 37 | page 52 | page 92
