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Explore Multicultural Literature: Engaging Resources and Strategies for Educators

Join us for a vibrant session on multicultural literature, where educators can dive into a diverse array of books that celebrate different cultures. Get hands-on with our open library, mingle with fellow educators, and take home valuable resources. We’ll discuss essential websites, review compelling literature, and share book talks featuring titles like "One Green Apple" and "The Skin I’m In." Let's enhance our classrooms with multicultural themes, engaging stories, and fresh educational strategies. Door prizes available! **Relevant

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Explore Multicultural Literature: Engaging Resources and Strategies for Educators

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  1. Open Library • Feel free to LOOK over the • books • Take a HAND-OUT to write • down titles you like • MINGLE for a few minutes • p.s. Did you sign-in?

  2. Multicultural Literature Annelise Freeman afreeman@scsk12.org Debra Frantz dfrantz@scsk12.org

  3. Agenda • Open Library • Introductions • One Green Apple • Websites for multicultural literature • Reviewing Literature • Short books talks and examples • Conclusion and Prizes

  4. A Read Aloud: How we can incorporate multicultural themes… One Green apple by Eve Bunting

  5. Multicultural Books • Rules by Cynthia Lord • I Know the River Loves Me • by Maya Christina Gonzalez • Book Thief by Marcus Zusak • The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake • War Dances by Sherman Alexie • My Papa Diego and Me by Guadalupe Rivera Murin • Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

  6. Websites http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ A great place to explore multicultural resources Multicultural Literature Links…just a couple of samples 50 Fabulous Read Alouds with Reviews (green handout) www.jtsliteraturelog.edublogs.org International Children’s Literature Library

  7. Web 2.0 Tools Integrated Web 2.0 tools to explore multicultural literature  Delicious www.delicious.com/annelisefreeman View multicultural websites, no typing in hassle, sort by tag, search by tag, category, or look at them all in a tag bundle Wiki http://mrs-freemans-wiki.wikispaces.com/ View or Download the hand-outs and PowerPoint from Today…see what’s new

  8. Getting Started…Being Aware Reviewing multicultural literature

  9. "When I was a child, the teacher read, 'Once upon a time, there were five Chinese brothers and they all looked exactly alike'...Cautiously the pairs of eyes stole a quick glance back. I, the child, looked down to the floor... The teacher turned the book our way: bilious yellow skin, slanted slit eyes. Not only were the brothers look-alikes, but so were all the other characters!...Quickly again all eyes flashed back at me...I sank into my seat." (Aoki, 1981, p.382) http://www.amazon.com/Five-Chinese-Brothers-Paperstar/dp/0698113578#reader A telling example of bias and more…dated or not

  10. Questions and thoughts to consider • Listen to your inner voice (is this good literature?) • Who is your audience? • Is the ethnic or cultural group represented in a positive light? • Be careful not to over generalize • Be Aware of cultural stereotypes…including your own • It is difficult to step out of our own Cultural lenses but we must try

  11. Book Talks and Usage Ideas • Curriculum Integration • Social Studies • Science • Writing • Art • Text to self connections • Poetry • Bilingual Stories • Fairy Tales and Folk Tales • Universal Themes

  12. Conclusion Door PrizesThank you for Comingif you find ways to implement these tools in your classroom or have questions we’d love to hear about itafreeman@scsk12.org and dfrantz@scsk12.org

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