Integrating Multicultural Literature in Libraries and Classrooms in Secondary Schools

by KaaVonia Hinton, Gail K. Dickinson

Overview

Reach students across all cultures with multicultural literature! Help all students learn to read, comprehend, and gain information literacy skills through multicultural literature. Use this book to provide hands-on instruction to help students connect, learn, and achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)! Sample standards-based, integrated lesson plans and curriculum units show teachers how to really integrate multicultural materials in their lessons to help all students achieve. This is an excellent resource for teachers and librarians who teach and motivate English Language Learners (ELL) and students from all cultures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586832186
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/01/2007
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	1,096,041
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Kaavonia Hinton is assistant professor, Educational Curriculum and Instruction at Old Dominion University, Darden College of Education in Norfolk, VA.

Gail Dickinson is associate professor, Library Science, at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and is the editor of Library Media Connection.

Editorial Reviews

With No Child Left Behind and AYP breathing down teachers' and librarians' necks, Hinton and Dickinson offer a way to introduce multicultural literature into the classroom. Designed to be used as a companion to standard textbooks (which are often above the reading and interest levels of many students), this book is grouped by topics such as "Gender and Sexuality," "Socio-Economics," "Race and Ethnicity," and "Language/Country of Origin." Within each chapter, five or six books are highlighted, with suggestions for classroom use and read-alikes. The authors have included examples from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplays, and picture books that can be integrated into curricula as writing prompts, discussion starters, art projects, and research ideas that include opportunities for collaboration. A solid reference source.
—Lori E. DonovanCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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