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Linking Literature for the Student Self connects literature instruction to healthy adolescent identity development. This site is the result of research that began with the question: How can secondary language arts educators support healthy identity development in adolescent learners?

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Research on this topic gives educators a variety of insights and approaches to designing instruction in ways that support healthy identity development. This website focuses on the most impactful tools secondary language arts educators can use: selecting texts and curating instructional text sets. Research on identity development theory and best practices for effective identity-affirming literature instruction serve as the foundation for the ideas on this site. 

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This website is designed for secondary-level language arts educators and curriculum designers to use as they select instructional texts.