Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in World Literature: (Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship)

Presenting web sites from around the world covering much of the world's literature, this book provides creative and interesting thinking activities to enhance student understanding of literature and culture and to promote critical thinking. This book will be very useful to teachers of world history and literature at the senior high school and undergraduate level. Part of a well reviewed series of titles Using Internet Primary Sources to Promote Critical Thinking, carries on the tradition of excellence in instructional tools. Grades 9-12.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments 1 Introduction Purpose Intended Audience Defining Primary Sources Defining Critical Thinking Site Selection Criteria Organization Legend 2 Locating and Evaluating Internet Resources Information Literacy Education Evaluating Online Resources Choosing a Search Engine 3 Tools of Literary Analysis Literary Guides Genre Theory Literary Theory 4 Major Resources of General Interdisciplinary Interest Portals E-Text Sites Reference Sites Maps Projects Teaching Resources Linguistics Art Philosophy Heroic Literature 5 Religion and Folklore Introduction Religion Sites of General Interest Pre-Christian Religions by Region Classical Greek and Roman Mythology Pre-Christian Norse and Germanic Religion Contemporary Religions and Their Historical Roots Judaism Christianity Islam and the Islamic World Asian Religions and Belief Systems Hinduism Folklore Folktales from Around the World Fables 6 The Ancient World Key Sites of General Interest Technology and Iconography of Writing Papyrology Key Authors, Genres, and Texts 7 Classical Greek and Roman Literature Classics Sites of General Interest Epigraphy Mapping Classical People and Places Art and Architecture Greek Theater Author-Specific Sites Homer Plato Vergil Horace Ovid 8 Europe: Before Print Mega-Sites Saga and Epic Manuscripts and Visual Art Cultural Backgrounds The Age of Chivalry Specific Authors 9 Early Modern to Contemporary Europe 10 Non-European World Literatures Transnational/Intercultural Projects Sites of Regional Interest Africa Asia Latin America Near (Middle) East South Asia Index Site Index

About the Author :
Roxanne M. Kent-Drury is an Associate Professor in the Literature and Language Department at Northern Kentucky University, where she teaches courses in early world literature, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century transatlantic and British literature, and the literature of early exploration and travel. She is also a frequent reviewer for Addison-Wesley-Longman, most recently on its cultural studies-based anthologies of British and world literature. Her publications include articles on exploration and travel, eighteenth-century drama and performance, and professional writing. Most recently, she co-authored a book essay with Gordon Sayre, Robinson Crusoe's Parodic Intertextuality, for the Modern Language Association's Teaching Robinson Crusoe, forthcoming in March 2005.

Review :
[K]ent-Drury offers a long-awaited and much-needed tool for teachers and instructors of high school and college world literature. The text is a resource for those educators who have received one too many papers based on poor information gleaned from Internet resources….[a]n excellent primary reference text. Kent-Drury's volume is the latest of the Libraries Unlimited series that offers creative assistance for high school and college teachers in the area of Critical Thinking. Although the text is most readily a resource, it would be an excellent complimentary tool for a pedagogical course for instructors. This title gathers quality Web sites together in one place and amkes suggestions for activities to do with students….Teachers would be impressed by the ease of looking up a topic in the index and finding a quality site to use with their students. The number of sites presented is substantial and the quality of the imformation provided is outstanding. Sites range from The Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Musuem to Middle Eastern Mystical Poetry to World Art Web Kiosk. This resource will be most valuable for teachers of world history and literature and their students. Other works in this series will be of invaluable assistance to teachers in other disciplines.