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In September the class studied slavery. The students knew of the capture of Africans by traders, and their enforced treks to the coast (some walked as far as 1,000 miles). They learned new information, in part, by studying websites. One site was about George Morland, the English artist who painted The Slave Trade in 1791, […]

Another of the issues about which youth were motivated to write—and document via images— was the sheer number of daily responsibilities they encountered. Often these competing and even overwhelming duties included school-sanctioned activities. While these young adults participated in school extracurricular in large part so they could interact with peers, the resulting social pressures simultaneously […]

The most significant finding we’ve drawn relates to the use of visual texts and open-ended, authentic questions as sources for writing. These youth were initially challenged by the unrestricted nature of the task of addressing questions with visual responses: They were accustomed to mixing media (e.g., images and text) in their out-of-school literacy practices, but […]

Although not a new issue, bullying has become a topic at the forefront of current times and is a significant problem in teens’ lives. According to the American Medical Association more than 160,000 students stay home from school due to fear of being bullied by other students. The percentage of reported adolescent bullying incidents has […]

English teachers are by nature rather imaginative, a trait that is not taught in a methods class or listed as a disposition in standards for teacher preparation. Whether as part of a learning activity or a “what if question posed in a literature discussion, imagination and creativity are integral parts of our classrooms and their […]