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**//“Everybody lies all the time. Sometimes they have to, sometimes they don’t. I’ve lied to myself for a lot of different reasons, but there was never a time when, if I’d been given a second chance, I wouldn’t have taken back the lie and told the truth” Dr. Joseph Cardin, The Children’s Hour.// ** **After reading //The Children’s Hour// // by Lillian Hellman, I began to notice the many intricacies of rumor within the dramatic work that translate into real life. // As an English major, I am very interested in the usage of rumor to project the plot forward and to reveal specific qualities about characters. Rumors appear in social circles of all groups, but become particularly harmful at the young adult and teen stages. One this Wiki, I plan to display a unit lesson that encourages a conversation and analysis of rumor within a dramatic work in order for students to make connections to their own lives. I also plan to explore the things that can be gained and lost through the spread of rumor. In addition, I will also accompany some of the lessons with literary analysis that can be used as a guide for group discussion. ** 
 * Decoding Rumor in the Classroom: Teaching //The Children’s Hour// **

**﻿ ** **Goals if this Wiki : ** **1. ****Explore and understand the qualities of an effectively passed rumor.** **2. ****Define a specific discourse of rumor.** **3. ****Present a unit lesson that allows students to explore rumor within //The Children’s Hour//.** **This Wiki will use a myriad of technologies to create a thorough and organized platform of information to be used by teachers and students.**

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