Multicultural Childrens Literature: A Critical Issues Approach
English
By (author): Ambika G. Gopalakrishnan
Preparing K-12 teachers to address todays social, cultural, and critical issues using multicultural childrens books
Written in an engaging style, this comprehensive text prepares K-12 teachers to address a wide range of contemporary social issuessuch as violence, gender, war, terrorism, child labor, censorship, and disabilitiesthrough multicultural childrens literature. Each chapter includes sample lessons plans designed to encourage critical and creative thinking at the elementary and secondary levels and an annotated bibliography that makes it easy for teachers and librarians to choose multicultural children books that address specific critical issues.
Key Features
- The evolution of multicultural childrens literature is covered, including discussion of controversies and issues around its definitions and uses.
- Reflection Questions for the Teacher provide readers with practical techniques they can use as they prepare lessons around a given critical issue.
- Sample Response Lessons demonstrate how to address critical issues using multicultural literature in K-12 classrooms.
- An Annotated Bibliography at the end of each chapter lists specific multicultural childrens books organized around each critical issue.