Dr. Wally Hastings                                                                                           MWF 10-10:50
Office: Seymour 302                                                                                        JC 107
OFFICE HOURS: Tu & Th 9-12 or by appointment
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Course Description:  This course will explore through lecture and class discussion the his-torical development of children’s literature from the 17th through the early part of the 20th century.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a class in how to use children’s classics in the classroom, although some concepts discussed may be applicable to that purpose.

    Students are expected to read assigned texts before class and to come prepared to discuss critically what they have read; there will be regular quizzes on the first or second day of class discussion for each text.  There will be two (2) exams, a midterm and a final; the final will include comprehensive questions covering the entire term’s reading.
    Students are also expected to complete an independent activity on an additional children’s classic not read for class; this may consist of a paper, a web page, or other project as described in the detailed assignment given during the first two weeks of the term.  There is a list of possible books here; students should select and begin reading a book within the first six weeks of the semester.

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Last updated March 13, 2004