Chapter 12 | Enhancements
Listen to a Reader's Review of Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel The Help, which included a literary depiction of African American English (by NPR's Diane Rehm).
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12.1A discussion of Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 novel The Help, including its literary depiction of African American English, led by National Public Radio’s Diane Rehm. |
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12.2A video about the North Carolina Language and Life exhibit at the North Carolina State Fair |
12.3Access the Voices of North Carolina dialect curriculum, including the Student Workbook and Teacher’s Manual. The site also provides a link to a webinar on how to teach the curriculum (http://www. ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/socialstudies/scos). |
Read the West Virginia Dialect Project's Dialects in the Classroom curriculum for grades 6-12
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12.5To learn about the West Virginia Dialect project’s Dialect Unit for grades 6–12. |
12.6Sound clips that go along with the following exercise. You don’t need the clips to do the exercise, but they help bring it to life. |
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12.7View a video vignette about the language experience of African Americans from the documentary Voices of North Carolina. |
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12.8View a video on language diversity at North Carolina State University, produced by the North Carolina Language and Life Project |