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Tag: Twain For Teachers
Members of the Elmira College Community Perform A Revised Version of “A True Story”
In September 2019, the Elmira College community performed a revised version of “A True Story”
Twain for Teachers: 88 Days In The Mother Lode Documentary
It is safe to say that most secondary school students know Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn from their novels. But they do know less of the enormous variety in Mark Twain’s literary output and the extraordinary triumphs and tragedies of his life. If using class time to show a film, teachers must have precise learning objectives, making certain to engage students’ attention and prompt them to respond with fuller appreciation […]
Twain For Teachers: Market Your Own Patent Medicine
Editor’s Note: This is the first in what we hope will be an ongoing series focused on adapting Twain to the classroom. If you have an assignment, activity, lesson plan, syllabus design, or pedagogical narrative which you would like to share with other teachers, please consider writing it up (500-1200 words) and sending it [email protected]. Now approaching its third year, the English elective “Writings of Mark Twain” at Seton Hall […]