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Teaching Wicked witches and evil queens: why children's books need more female villains

Wicked witches and evil queens: why children's books need more female villains

Anna Cermakova, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, Centre for Corpus Research, University of Birmingham and Michaela Mahlberg, Professor of Corpus Linguistics, University of Birmingham
The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Do bestselling books encourage sexism?
STANDARDS:
RI.2 - Main Ideas

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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