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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 3-27-2001 |
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ENH291
2001 Summer I - 9999 |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Occ |
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Children's
Literature |
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Review
of folk and modern literature from a variety of world cultures, including
application of literary criteria to folk and modern literature for children.
Prerequisites: None. |
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Cross-References:
EDU291
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Course
Attribute(s): General
Education Designation: Humanities and Fine Arts - [HU] |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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ENH291 2001
Summer I - 9999 |
Children's Literature |
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Compare and contrast children's and young adult
multicultural literature in relation to the values of various world
societies. (I) |
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Describe the history and development of picture and
illustrated books and the criteria for evaluating art and content. (II, IV) |
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Choose
appropriate books for children at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced
levels which reflect the diversity of our world. (III, VII, IX - XI) |
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Describe the
function of picture books in education, and describe the function of picture
books as an introduction to ideas and values with examples from various world
cultures. (IV) |
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Describe the types of folk tales and their distinctive
elements. (V) |
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Describe the social and psychological value of reading
folk tales. (V) |
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Describe the characteristics of fables and their use and
values. (VI) |
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Apply literary criteria (plot, characterization, settings,
style, point of view, theme, tone) to fiction for children. (VII, IX) |
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Describe the
importance of fantasy, folk tales, and fables in developing imagination and
providing insights into the histories and values of diverse world cultures.
(V, VI, VII) |
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Describe the
value of nursery rhymes as an introduction to poetry and as a basis for
development of social, psychological, and linguistic values. (VIII) |
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Describe the characteristics of nonsense verse. (VIII) |
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Apply criteria for evaluation of narrative and lyric
poetry for children. (VIII) |
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Describe the importance of style and tone in historical
writing for children. (IX) |
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Apply composition criteria (research, authenticity, and
objectivity) for evaluating biography as history. (X) |
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Apply literary criteria (characterization, central theme,
style, point of view, tone, setting) for evaluating biography as history. (X)
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Describe the benefits for children in listening to
stories. (XII) |
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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ENH291 2001
Summer I - 9999 |
Children's Literature |
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I. Children and Books Today
A. Children's needs B. Physiological
development II. History of Children's
Books A. Beginning children's
books B. The Nineteenth Century C. The Twentieth Century III. Books for the Very
Young A. Alphabet books B. Concept books IV. Artists and Children's
Books A. Relief B. Intaglio C. Surface or planographic V. Folk Tales A. World B. United States VI. Fables, Myths, and
Epics A. Aesop B. Greek, Roman and Norse
mythology C. Epics VII. Modern Fantasy VIII. Poetry A. Nonsense verse B. Lyric poetry C. Narrative poetry IX. Fiction A. Modern B. Historical X. Biography XI. Informational Books XII. Encouraging Children's
Response to Literature A. Reading aloud B. Storytelling C. Dramatic activities D. Puppetry |