If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will discuss concepts of fear and wonder as seen through the eyes of a child, and the inevitable cynicism that comes with familiarity as we grow older.
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Students will examine the role that technology and modernization play in our lives, for better or worse.
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Students will examine the positive and negative aspects of nostalgia.
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Students will view Dandelion Wine through the frame of being a coming-of-age novel (bildungsroman), and trace how Douglas changes throughout the summer in which we follow him.
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Students will consider the role...
