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Has anyone taught this book? I'm thinking about asking my district to add it to our 10th grade reading list. Is it good for this level? Any suggestions for teaching it? Posted by linda-allen on Jan 9, 2008. |
The Secret Life of Bees Group
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the secret lifes of bees is a some what racial book and if you are not a big fan on teaching rasuim you cant teach it then. and the best way to teach is to just go with the flow Posted by bulldawg123 on Apr 15, 2009. |
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There is no question that racism is a theme of the book, but there are many other themes as well. This is a "coming of age" novel, and the themes include family dysfunction, loss, spirituality, feminism, and loss. I don't think that teaching this book is "teaching racism," though, since one point of the book is to demonstrate how terrible racism is. Going with the flow in the classroom can be a good strategy when students are interested in exploring the many different themes of the story or are interested in branching off into a discussion of the historical period in which the novel takes place. Even a classroom exploration of the life of bees would be good. But when we read a novel in the classroom, going with the flow has its limits. Posted by speamerfam on Apr 22, 2009. |
