The Simpsons in the Classroom

The Simpsons in the Classroom
Author :
Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 341
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780786456925
ISBN-13 : 0786456922
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Simpsons in the Classroom by : Karma Waltonen

Download or read book The Simpsons in the Classroom written by Karma Waltonen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The object of much debate, attention, and scholarship since it first aired more than 20 years ago, The Simpsons provides excellent, if unexpected, fodder for high school and college lesson plans. After all, laughing students are hardly sleeping students! But The Simpsons also provides a familiar student knowledge base which instructors can use as a jumping-off point to introduce concepts in literature, composition, linguistics, cultural studies, gender studies, and media appreciation. The authors, both of whom have been teaching The Simpsons for more than a decade, share exercises, prompts, and even syllabi that have proven successful in their own courses. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.


The Simpsons in the Classroom Related Books

The Simpsons in the Classroom
Language: en
Pages: 341
Authors: Karma Waltonen
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-10 - Publisher: McFarland

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The object of much debate, attention, and scholarship since it first aired more than 20 years ago, The Simpsons provides excellent, if unexpected, fodder for hi
The Simpsons' Beloved Springfield
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Karma Waltonen
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-13 - Publisher: McFarland

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

First aired in 1989, The Simpsons has become America's most beloved animated show. It changed the world of television, bringing to the screen a cartoon for adul
Homer Economicus
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Joshua Hall
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-14 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Homer Economicus a cast of lively contributors takes a field trip to Springfield, where the Simpsons reveal that economics is everywhere. By exploring the ho
The Simpsons and Philosophy
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: William Irwin
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-02-01 - Publisher: Open Court

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This unconventional and lighthearted introduction to the ideas of the major Western philosophers examines The Simpsons — TV’s favorite animated family. The
The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Matt Groening
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-01 - Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

First published as two two-part, comic book mini-series, these hard-to-find comics are collected together for the first time in a hardcover collection, encased