Note: The following is a paper I wrote as part of my mid-term assignment for a graduate class I’m taking in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at the University of Oklahoma. I am working on a master’s degree in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum with a concentration in English Education. According to the […]
Done With The DWM: Part 2, Now What?
In Part 1 of my article for reThinkELA, I discussed how I arrived at my decision to stop centering the dead White guys. For Part 2, I thought I’d address some of your potential concerns and how to begin changing. For Part 3, I’ll probably discuss alternates to the Canon and/or how to decenter the […]
reThink ELA #002: Interview with Jennifer Williams
It’s so easy to do things as they’ve always been done. Why fix what’s isn’t broken, right? But what if that tried-and-true way of doing things doesn’t work in your classroom or for your kids? Today’s topic is Rethinking the Literary Canon. While this canon is a general compilation of the best literary works of […]
reThinking The Literary Canon: I’m Done — Part 1
I’m done with the dead, White guys—you know, the literary Canon we are supposed to worship and make sacrifices to. The men who stand as pinnacles of literary perfection. The ones who determine our “common heritage” in Western, specifically American, society. I’m done with them. I will no longer make them my anchor pieces. I […]