Monday, January 25, 2010

Is it good enough to teach?

In my opinion, these three books are definitely worth teaching. Copper Sun introduces students to an in-depth and very accurate description of the horrors surrounding the slave era. This time period was a very important era in histry and without learning about the horrors, we will not be able to understand them and learn from them. Copper Sun helps adolescents understand just how awful the slave trade was and by doing so, not only educates them on the history of the trade, but also will help keep it from happening again by doing so.

Harry Potter and Twilight are also very important because of their large impact they have had on pop culture during their time as well as the values and lessons taught in both novels. Both of these books had a massive impact on the world with their vivid descritions of magic and fantasy. They both took the world by storm and made "Harry Potter" and "Edward Cullen" household names. However, their great role in pop culture is not the only reason they should be taught, they also teach strong values.

Harry Potter teaches adolescents about the importance of friendship and trust. Harry's friends are the most important people in the world to him, since he is after all, an orphan. In Twilight, the value is love and to not judge people for simply being different. All of these values are important to the growth of an individual and they legitimize these books to be worth teaching.

Based on the article, we have to want to or need to teach it, in order to make it worth teaching. These three books must be taught because of their impacts they have on the teaching of values, education of slavery and history, and the effect they had on pop culture, growing into some of the biggest phenomenas in history. Thus, making them good enough to teach

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