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Showing posts with label sign of the beaver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sign of the beaver. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Use/Misuse of the Word "Treaty" or "treaty" in Children's Books

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Last week, I had a conversation with an educator who told me about conversations they'd had with teachers about Sign of the Beaver. Here...
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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Set two: Links to Oyate's BOOKS TO AVOID pages

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A few years ago, Oyate removed its Books to Avoid page. A great many people miss that page and write to me asking if I saved those reviews. ...
Monday, August 13, 2012

"In any war between the civilized man and the savage..."

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Have you seen this ad? It is, or has been, on buses in New York City and San Francisco. (See an ABC San Francisco news story on the ad: &q...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Judy Dow and Robette Dias Comment on SIGN OF THE BEAVER

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Elizabeth George Speare's Sign of the Beaver has been discussed here several times... On March 20th, 2007 , I posted "Eighth Gra...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

The word "squaw" in SIGN OF THE BEAVER

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The word "squaw" is commonly used in place of the word "woman" in historical fiction for children. I wonder if its entra...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

More on ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE'S SIGN OF THE BEAVER, from Christine Rose and Michael Eshkibok

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Editor's Note: Below is an essay from an organization called Students and Teachers Against Racism. Its authors sent it to me, with permi...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Eighth Graders Analyze SIGN OF THE BEAVER

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[Note: This essay submitted by Karen, a classroom teacher, in response to my post (on March 17th) about using Caddie Woodlawn to teach abo...
Saturday, July 08, 2006

All-Time Best Selling Paperbacks

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In December of 2001, Publisher's Weekly published a list of all-time best selling paperbacks. The list, compiled by Debbie Turvey, list...
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