Center for Children and Technology: Imagination Place!
This site and its links provide further information on ways to nurture childhood imagination using technology. Consider how the project suggested responds to Price’s concept of childhood imagination and Bettelheim’s concept of childhood magic.
WholeFamily.com: “The Value of Imagination”
This site explores the value of imagination to childhood development and so expands upon the issues raised by Bruno Bettelheim’s “The Child’s Need for Magic” and Reynolds Price’s “The Great Imagination Heist. ”
Malcolm X: A Research Site
This site provides information on the life and work of Malcolm X, whose “A Homemade Education” appears in this section of The Conscious Reader. The site also features links to many other useful resources for the study of this civil rights leader.
Links, Articles, Essays and Opinions on K-12 Education
This page, collected and annotated by Bas Braams of New York University, contains “links to news items, articles, and books on education; [and] links to Web sites related to education, ” as well as links to some of Braams’s own essays and opinions. It forms a useful introduction to the issues in current education research that are addressed in this section of The Conscious Reader.
Paul Ricouer: Humanities Between Sciences and Art
This lecture by Paul Ricouer was delivered at the opening ceremony for the Humanities at the Turn of the Century Conferences in Denmark. It can be useful for an examination of general issues of education, which are broached in this section of The Conscious Reader, and connects particularly well with Lewis Thomas’s “Humanities and Science, ” as well as the essay by Italo Calvino on reading classic literature.
Northern Iowa Area Community College: Education Web Sites of Interest
This site provides a wealth of links to sites regarding learning styles (a topic addressed by Howard Gardner’s essay) and other facets of educational psychology that can be applied to the various issues raised in this section of The Conscious Reader.
Reports on the Death of the Author
In this essay, Donald Keefer, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Rhode Island School of Design, discusses the impact of Roland Barthes’s essay, “The Death of the Author, ” included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
The Salon Interview: Amy Tan: "The Spirit Within"
This interview with Amy Tan, author of “Waverly Jong: The Rules of the Game, ” provides useful perspectives on her background and ideas, and so can supplement your reading of the story.
The Langston Hughes Society
The Langston Hughes Society is “a national association of scholars, teachers, creative and performing artists, undergraduates, graduate students, and laypersons who have a serious interest in the life and writings of Langston Hughes. ” As such, provides a useful starting point for further study of this American poet, whose “Theme for English B” is included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
Banned Books Online
This site, maintained by the University of Pennsylvania, provides information on and links to banned books. It forms a useful supplement to Ted Hughes’s “Hear It Again, ” a poem on censorship included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
American Foundation for the Blind: Helen Keller
This site provides background information on Helen Keller’s life and work as well as links to other resources for information on blindness. It can be a useful supplement to Keller’s “Three Days to See” as well as Edward Hoagland’s “A Last Look Around, ” both of which are included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
The Life of Helen Keller
This site provides a biographical sketch of Helen Keller as well as a link to resources for further study.
Nebraska Center for Writers: Anton Chekhov
This site provides biographical information and links to the works of the author of “The Bet, ” included in this section of The Conscious Reader. It also provides links to other sites about the author and to critical essays about his works.
