Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success?

1. GS 554 Experienced Teacher Institute Coming of Age: The Culture and Literature of Youth in America Rollover “apps” to explore questions to be addressed in this institute. Digital technology: threat or menace? How can you make the classics meaningful to students immersed in a digital world? How has childhood changed over the course of American history? Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success? How do you reach students whose families have been torn apart by drugs, abuse or war? What can be done for students who feel separated from their cultural and heritage? How much do race and gender matter in "post-racial" "post-feminist" America?

2. GS 554 Experienced Teacher Institute Coming of Age: The Culture and Literature of Youth in America Digital technology: threat or menace? Digital technology: threat or menace? How can you make the classics meaningful to students immersed in a digital world? How has childhood changed over the course of American history? Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success? How do you reach students whose families have been torn apart by drugs, abuse or war? What can be done for students who feel separated from their cultural and heritage? How much do race and gender matter in "post-racial" "post-feminist" America?

3. GS 554 Experienced Teacher Institute Coming of Age: The Culture and Literature of Youth in America How can you make the classics meaningful to students immersed in a digital world? Reimagining the (gendered) classics! Digital technology: threat or menace? How can you make the classics meaningful to students immersed in a digital world? How has childhood changed over the course of American history? Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success? How do you reach students whose families have been torn apart by drugs, abuse or war? What can be done for students who feel separated from their cultural and heritage? How much do race and gender matter in "post-racial" "post-feminist" America?

4. GS 554 Experienced Teacher Institute Coming of Age: The Culture and Literature of Youth in America How has childhood changed over the course of American history? Digital technology: threat or menace? How can you make the classics meaningful to students immersed in a digital world? How has childhood changed over the course of American history? Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success? How do you reach students whose families have been torn apart by drugs, abuse or war? What can be done for students who feel separated from their cultural and heritage? How much do race and gender matter in "post-racial" "post-feminist" America?

5. GS 554 Experienced Teacher Institute Coming of Age: The Culture and Literature of Youth in America Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success? Digital technology: threat or menace? How can you make the classics meaningful to students immersed in a digital world? How has childhood changed over the course of American history? Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success? How do you reach students whose families have been torn apart by drugs, abuse or war? What can be done for students who feel separated from their cultural and heritage? How much do race and gender matter in "post-racial" "post-feminist" America?

6. GS 554 Experienced Teacher Institute Coming of Age: The Culture and Literature of Youth in America How do you reach students whose families have been torn apart by drugs, abuse or war? Digital technology: threat or menace? How can you make the classics meaningful to students immersed in a digital world? How has childhood changed over the course of American history? Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success? How do you reach students whose families have been torn apart by drugs, abuse or war? What can be done for students who feel separated from their cultural and heritage? How much do race and gender matter in "post-racial" "post-feminist" America?

7. GS 554 Experienced Teacher Institute Coming of Age: The Culture and Literature of Youth in America How much do race and gender matter in "post-racial" "post-feminist" America? Digital technology: threat or menace? How can you make the classics meaningful to students immersed in a digital world? How has childhood changed over the course of American history? Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success? How do you reach students whose families have been torn apart by drugs, abuse or war? What can be done for students who feel separated from their cultural and heritage? How much do race and gender matter in "post-racial" "post-feminist" America?

8. GS 554 Experienced Teacher Institute Coming of Age: The Culture and Literature of Youth in America What can be done for students who feel separated from their cultural and heritage? Digital technology: threat or menace? How can you make the classics meaningful to students immersed in a digital world? How has childhood changed over the course of American history? Can popular culture provide a bridge to academic success? How do you reach students whose families have been torn apart by drugs, abuse or war? What can be done for students who feel separated from their cultural and heritage? How much do race and gender matter in "post-racial" "post-feminist" America?