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Re: Huck Finn Controversial?
Posted by Juliana on 7/19/08
On 7/17/08, Athena wrote:
> I've been trying to compile literature for my fifth
> graders this year (I'm relatively new to gifted) and came
> across Huck Finn. I'm in the midst of rereading it
> (haven't read it since middle school) and wondered whether
> the racial references would be innapropriate or offensive.
>
> Please advise me on your opinion.
> Thanks
I think the occasional fifth-grader might be ready to read
_Huckleberry Finn_, but I really doubt that you have a class
full of kids with the historical understanding and emotional
maturity to study it properly. I agree that it's one book
better saved for high school.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/17/08, by Athena.
- Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/17/08, by Debbie.
- Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/17/08, by Raftery.
- Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/17/08, by Rafe Esquith uses it read: There are no shortcuts.
- Re: Huck Finn a Challenge for 5th graders, 7/17/08, by Sara.
- Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/18/08, by HGmom.
- Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/19/08, by Juliana.
- Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/19/08, by you can't possibly have meant that.
- Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/19/08, by Juliana.
- Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/19/08, by Debbie.
- Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/19/08, by Janette.
- Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/20/08, by HG mom.
- Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/20/08, by Juliana.
- Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/20/08, by GT Teacher.
- Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/20/08, by HG mom.
- Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/20/08, by GT Teacher.
- Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/20/08, by Janette.
- Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/22/08, by HG mom.
- Re: Anne Frank Controversial? Only the section where, 7/22/08, by She and her friend feel up each others' breasts.
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