Truth in Labeling:
Match the title of the book about education with the actual Library of Congress subject heading given to the book.
| 1. Conway, Jill Ker, True North | a. College Teachers—United States—Biography |
| 2. Elder, John. Reading the Mountains of Home | b. Community and School |
| 3. Heath, Shirley Brice. Ways With Words | c. Educational Anthropology |
| 4. Kaplan, Alice. French Lessons | d. Education—United States— Experimental Methods |
| 5. Kidder, Tracy. Among Schoolchildren |
e. Elementary School Teaching—United States—Case Studies |
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6. Neilsen, Lorri. Literacy and Living |
f. English Language—Composition and Exercises—Case Studies |
| 7. Perl, S., & N. Wilson, Through Teacher’s Eyes | g. English Teachers—United States—Biography |
| 8. Rose, Mike. Lives on the Boundary | h. French Philology—Study and Teaching |
| 9. Scholes, Robert. The Rise and Fall of English | i. Hiking—Vermont—Description and Travel |
| 10. Tompkins, Jane. A Life in School | j. Literacy—United States |
| k. Smith College—Presidents —Biography |
Bonus Question: Identify each of the works above as one or more of the following—
§ autobiography
§ case studies
§ creative nonfiction
§ ethnography
§ experimental critical writing
§ literary journalism
§ memoir
§ narrative scholarship
§ personal expressive academic writing
Bonus Activity: Label books of your own and then reflect on the problems of labeling.
(Truth in Labeling Answers: 1. k; 2. I; 3. b; 4. h; 5. e; 6. c; 7. f; 7. a & j; 9. g; 10. d.)