In the Classroom continued 5) Hold a discussion with your students to compare society's treatment of the holidays (i.e., the decorations at the Mall, advertisements on TV, holiday specials) with what Dickens was trying to say in A Christmas Carol. 6) What do your students think is the true meaning of the holidays?
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7) Ask your students to write their own short story or play about the meaning of the holidays. 8) Hold a discussion with your students about holiday customs here and around the world. If you plan to have a holiday party with your class, encourage them to create a new holiday custom. — Alisha Tonsic, Sandra Moskovitz, and Leslie Hempling Edited by Dr. Kathleen Cioffi
Additional Resources Chesterton, G.K. Charles Dickens. New York: Shocken Books, 1965. Crotch, W. Walter. Charles Dickens: Social Reformer. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1913. Cruikshank, R.J. Charles Dickens and Early Victorian England. New York: Chanticleer Press, 1949. Davis, Paul. The Life and Times of Ebenezer Scrooge. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. Jackson, T.A. Charles Dickens: The Progress of a Radical. New York: International Publishers, 1987. Pimlott, J.A.R. The Englishman's Christmas. Sussex: The Harvester Press, 1978.
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