<i>My Own Invention</i>: Discovering Ancient Egypt Through Literature

  • Beth Roberts

Abstract

I was looking for a literary selection to complement the world history curriculum in our English as a Foreign Language program. While any literature that would enrich EFL students' study of world history would be helpful, my search was for a selection that would have both literary merit and that would reinforce history. I found that piece of literature in Casting the Gods Adrift, by Geraldine McCaughrean.

Author Biography

Beth Roberts
Bavid Beagley is Lecturer in Children's Literature and Literacy at La Trobe University's Bendigo campus, Victoria, Australia, where he teaches units in Genres, History, Australian and Post-colonial children's literature. He has previously taught in secondary schools, and has been a school and university librarian.
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Curiouser and Curiouser