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Bias in Children's Literature, 2002.
Children's literature is discussed in the contexts of race and gender bias.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 62.95
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A general history of North American children's literature is provided and a critical analysis of race, class and gender representation is discussed in the contexts of the need and availability of multicultural children's literature.
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A Critical Analysis of Racial Bias in Children's Literature, 2002.
Suggests that four famous children's texts are racially biased against African-Americans.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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The four texts to be discussed here - "Ben's Trumpet", "The Slave Dancer", "Sounder", and "Huckleberry Finn" - are all well-known works of children's literature, and all have been challenged on the grounds of racial bias against African-Americans. All focus to a great degree on the lives and experiences of African-Americans in the United States from the slavery era of the 18th and 19th centuries, into the segregationist era of the 20th century. Given the nature of this focus, it is clear that questions of gender must be secondary in this analysis, much as they are secondary in the texts themselves.
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Sexism and Racism in Children's Literature, 2002.
A look at some classic children's literature and examples of sexism and racism in them.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper examines sexism, racism and children's literature. Like all literature, children's literature reflects the dominant culture of its origin. This means that many 'classics' of children's literature contain unacceptable bias. This paper examines three examples of this situation.
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Children's Literature, 2002.
This paper discusses Lynne Reid Banks' "The Indian in the Cupboard", Paula Fox's "The Slave Dancer" and Rudyard Kipling's "How The Leopard Got His Spots".
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper shows how these works are all children's books, but that they have a problem with a certain amount of bias. The author points out that this is often something that exists in children's literature, because even though a book might be a classic, it might still have something in it that can be discriminatory against a certain group of people.
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Challenging Race and Gender Bias in Three Works of Children's Literature, 2002.
An analysis of bias in three children's books, Paula Fox's "The Slave Dancer", Lynne Reid Banks' "The Indian in the Cupboard" and Rudyard Kipling's "How the Leopard Got his Spots".
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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This essay will construct a challenge to three novels for children with respect to their inherent biases: Paula Fox's "The Slave Dancer", Lynne Reid Banks' "The Indian in the Cupboard", and Rudyard Kipling's "How the Leopard Got his Spots". In constructing this challenge, I believe that it is important that I explain my own biases and how they influence my challenge. I would argue that it would be arrogant for educators or parents today to consider that we are without biases.
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Bias in Children's Literature, 2002.
A look at racial bias in some classic children's literature.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper examines bias, primarily racism in fiction for children. Two of the texts focus on portrayals of aboriginals. These are also relatively recent works. The third is "Huck Finn" a century old classic, and a more blatantly racist text.
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Judging Bias in Children's Books, 2002.
Presenting the works of Mark Twain, Williams Steig and Theodore Taylor as examples of books with bias for children.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This essay discusses how children's literature is often filled with some kind of bias. Mark Twain's, Williams Steig's and Theodore Taylor's books for young people are a case in point. Many young readers could easily interpret certain themes in these authors' works as being offensive and discriminatory against certain groups.
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Literature and Colonialism, 2007.
This paper explores the impact of Victorian-era children's literature upon postcolonial cultures.
986 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper addresses the impact of colonialism on Singapore by examining Victorian children's literature and how it reflected and/or rejected the indigenous cultures of the nation. The paper looks at the historical syllabus of the nation through the Victorian period and attempts to demonstrate the cultural biases that were present in the official and unofficially available children's books of the period.
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"In a post colonial culture it is relatively easy to find the vestiges of the colonial influence upon the cultures of the colonized nations. There are few exceptions, even in the cases were the nation was not colonized but simply associated somehow with a trade rout for an English speaking nation. The challenges of resuscitating the past, and eradicating the potentially negative influences of the often racially driven colonial thought process, are substantial and in many ways this eradication must begin with children. Children often witness the devaluation of their culture, through social discrepancies that repeatedly demonstrate one race's superiority over another but there is no greater affront when the official sources of their education also demonstrate these principles."
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A Question of Criteria, 2002.
Evaluates multiculturalism in children's literature, focusing on the style of author Anne Cameron.
3,525 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 7 sources, $ 129.95
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An evaluation of children's literature is made more difficult by the misconception that there exists a difference between good multicultural literature for children and good literature for children or, in other words, between those books that promote interracial respect and lack racial bias and those children's books which possess superior literary qualities. However, this paper will argue that this view of children's literature is a myth. It will be seen, through an examination of the literature of Anne Cameron, that quality multicultural books for children are also, almost always, works of exceptional literary quality as well.
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Children's Textbooks, 2006.
A discussion regarding the bias apparent in children's textbooks.
1,231 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper takes a look at children's textbooks and the issue of stereotyping. The paper focuses primarily on gender issues. According to the paper, a more fundamental reanalysis of what American history really is must be embarked upon, and until then teachers must strive to supplement textbook knowledge with outside learning and interpretive activities if they want to provide a fuller picture of past and present human life to students.
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"The series also tries to show boys and girls from the past engaging in efforts like chopping wood, hauling water, traveling by train, and doing daily chores to help their families. This is realistic in the sense that it accurately depicts the hard life of persons alive in America many years ago, does not misrepresent the roles of the genders, yet also pays tribute to the labors of women and girls in a way that is meaningful and relatable to all children. All children have to do chores, and all children travel, and this is a way to bring history alive to both girls and boys without suggesting that one gender labored or engaged in exploration more than the other gender. The clothing of the children is historically accurate, but girls are not only seen as objects of admiration. Famous figures of the past of different genders are both given respect and attention. There is a stress upon transportation regarding America's past, though, that might, depending on the viewpoint of the educator, seem to tip the balance of 'typical' interests of boys and girls in favor of male-oriented pursuits."
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Immigrant Children and Education, 2000.
An examination of children's problems in the U.S., focusing on Arab children in school. Includes multiculturalism, religion, values, bias, gender issues, language and more.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 22 sources, $ 127.95
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This research will examine emotional problems experienced by immigrant children, especially Arab children, upon their arrival in North America and how those problems are compounded by teachers who tend to stereotype immigrant students. The research will set forth the context in which teacher behavior assumes importance for immigrant children's emotional experience of North America and then discuss the impact that inefficient or insensitive teaching methods might have on the children's welfare, with a view toward identifying means of intervention and reform where the children's emotional well-being is concerned.
From the earliest days of the republic, the U.S. has functioned as the world's promised land.
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"This research will examine emotional problems experienced by immigrant children, especially Arab children, upon their arrival in North America and how those problems are compounded by teachers who tend to stereotype immigrant students. The research will set forth the context in which teacher behavior assumes importance for immigrant children's emotional experience of North America and then discuss the impact that inefficient or insensitive teaching methods might have on the children's welfare, with a view toward identifying means of intervention and reform where the children's emotional well-being is concerned.
From the earliest days of the republic, the U.S. has functioned as the world's promised land. For some, it was the land of opportunity, for others a refuge. Through most of the 19th century, newcomers were welcomed by Americans. Workers were..."
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"There Are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz, 2004.
This paper discusses Alex Kotlowitz's book,"There Are No Children Here," which is about childhood in the Henry Horner projects of Chicago where children are not free to be children.
1,655 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that, at the Henry Horner homes, children are not looking to come over and play with the latest Matchbox cars because many of the children are already being lured by gangs and getting used by older kids in drug activities; friends are people you could trust, but at Henry Horner, Lafeyette, the child character in the book, didn't feel that he could trust anyone besides his family. The author points out that, to the kids of Henry Horner, the police become a threat because, even if they aren't doing something bad, they are constantly surrounded by bad things; therefore, if they are in the wrong place at the wrong time, they are immediately accused of doing something. The paper relates that children at Henry Horner are desensitized to experiences such as violence, gang drug exchanges, and death; the children and the residents there have to put their emotions away and become stone on the inside.
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"In an area where the summertime is feared and school is a safe-haven, where it is dangerous to make friends as they might try to lure you into a gang, where drug lords run your neighborhood enforcing rules like a dictatorship with the manpower to back it up, you are stripped of your freedom. Sitting in public with a little kid can be embarrassing sometimes. "Mommy, that woman is fat!" or "Daddy, why is that man crying?" are questions that children will ask loud and clear without hesitation. They don't realize that other people can hear them or that other people have feelings that might be hurt. They are egocentric. However, for a child living in the Henry Horner homes where LaJoe and her children live, a comment like this can become life threatening."
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Parents and Children, 2002.
This paper discusses the obligations of parents to children and children to parents in "The Metamorphosis", "Upstairs in a Wineshop", and "Endgame".
1,370 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper explores the relationship between parents and children in "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, "Upstairs in a Wineshop" by Lu Xun and "Endgame" by Samuel Beckett. All three works support the contention that parents must satisfy the needs of their children, and children must satisfy the needs of their parents. The author shows how all three works illustrate this thesis in different ways.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. The Metamorphosis
III. Upstairs in a Wineshop
IV. Endgame
V. Conclusion
Bibliography
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"In The Metamorphosis, Kafka tells the story of Gregor, a man who wakes up one day to find that he has turned into a bug. Gregor has been working hard at a job that he clearly hates to support his parents and sisters. His parents owe Gregor?s boss money because of a failed business, and he is determined to keep working until the money is paid back. At the same time, he keeps his family in a large apartment with a maid. Gregor tries to make enough money so that his parents do not have to work. After his transformation, his primary concern is for his family?s well-being. How will they survive without him? Clearly Gregory feels a strong obligation to look after his parents. His parents feel the same way towards him, especially his mother. She is horrified at the sight of him, but forces herself to visit him. Gregor, for his part is upset because the sight of him causes her pain. Gregor?s mother also tries to keep Gregor?s things in his room so that he will feel more at home. It can be argued that Gregor?s father is hostile towards him, but consider the fact that he does not throw Gregor out."
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Television violence and its impact on children, 2002.
An exploration of the impact that television violece has on the development of children and how children react to the violence.
3,034 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper explores the topic of television violence and the impact it has on children. In recent years there have been increasing allegations that television violence is having a negative impact on child development. The writer begins with an overview of the problem, looking at specific examples of television in America. Next, the paper defines some key terms for understanding the topic as well as providing a background about why this topic is important to society. The writer concludes by arguing that children are not developmentally advanced enough to separate fantasy from reality and that the increased violence they are seeing on television is creating more violent and aggressive children.
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"In recent years there have been increasing allegations that television violence has a negative impact on child development . There have been school shootings, children acting out both at home and in classrooms and other developmental traits that have been laid and the feet of television violence".
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Children's Poetry, 2002.
An overview of poetic genres in children's poetry and how children relate/react to poetry.
960 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper looks at how poetry is a useful form of literature for children, intellectually and emotionally. It discusses the creative use of language, which is specialized to stimulate the imagination and arouse feelings of readers, especially children.
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"Narrative poetry evokes emotions that represent the mood or feeling of the work, rather than that of the poet. This type of poetry was often used orally to relate new or events to others and in written form it is read like a story. Although some narrative poems (such as epics and romances) are too sophisticated for young readers, ballads are an appropriate form for this age level. Originally designed for an illiterate people, ballads are easily remembered and adaptable for singing or recitation. Although some ballads are ancient and difficult for children to relate to, ?old ballads do serve to transport children to a more primitive past, to wilderness, to feudalism, to a time quite different from their own, yet not without flavorsome, musical, language.? The appeal of these ballads is often in the use of language, which evokes a mood or emotions."
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