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Article: Popular culture in high school language arts.
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 2006
- Author:
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Abstract
This article argues that popular culture such as music, movies, and television should be used as additional "text" in the language arts classroom to build stronger connections with traditional literature and aid in teaching other important skills and concepts within the curriculum. The author offers advice for implementing popular culture and provides specific examples of its application in the classroom.
Introduction
One challenge facing many high school language arts teachers is poor student motivation and performance when it comes to the literature and composition requirements of a traditional curriculum. Although many literary ...