Turning the Page

The Ultimate Guide for Teachers to Multicultural Literature

Rachel Slaughter (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

146 Seiten

2021
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-5763-4 (ISBN)

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There is a dearth of multicultural literature in schools since few schools offer a curriculum that promotes multicultural education. However, by the year 2050, ethnic minority children will make up the majority of the United States public school classrooms. Multicultural literature is the building block of a multicultural education which reflects our nation’s diversity and helps all students learn by providing help to bridge the cultural gap, and promote racial awareness.

Teachers often find it difficult to identify or find quality multicultural literature that adheres to the standard curriculum. Turning the Page: The Ultimate Guide for Teachers to Multicultural Literature helps educators find and evaluate multicultural books that are suitable for the classroom and align with the standard curriculum. The book includes a peer-reviewed metric that shows teachers how to substitute biased books with multicultural literature that endorse the same themes. Second, the book includes reviews, lesson plans, and curated book lists of multicultural books. Finally, the book offers a stepwise plan on how to create a task force of school stakeholders who can implement a comprehensive, multicultural program. In 2018, The National Association for Multicultural Education released standards for multicultural education to encourage school staff to become culturally competent and linguistically diverse. Turning the Page: The Ultimate Guide for Teachers to Multicultural Literature moves educators in that direction.

Rachel Slaughter, who lives with her husband and two daughters, earned her doctoral degree in cognitive studies in reading at Widener University. A veteran educator, she has spent 28 years in education inspiring students with multicultural literature—a great way to celebrate diversity.

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Diversity in the Classroom: A Glimpse into the Changing Classroom

Chapter 2. Adopting a Multicultural Education Program

Chapter 3. Critical Literacy and Multicultural Literature

Chapter 4. Generating a List of Multicultural Books

Chapter 5. Creating a Task Force

Chapter 6. The Multicultural Summer Reading List

Chapter 7. The Task Force Meets Resistance and Bias

Chapter 8. How to Normalize Multiculturalism

Chapter 9. The Key Takeaways

Melissa Alexander, Ed.D.

Andrea Kuhar, M.Ed.

Michelle Ohanian, Ph.D.

Dr. Ronald W. Whitaker, II, Ed.D.

Chapter 10. The Reading QUILT Book Reviews and Lesson Plans

Appendix A

Appendix B

References

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	164 x 229 mm
Gewicht	395 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-4758-5763-2 / 1475857632
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-5763-4 / 9781475857634
Zustand	Neuware