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This book presents the work from a selection of contributors who aim to provide educators with hands-on activities to encourage reflection, awareness, and dialogue related to social justice issues.
List of contents
Introduction-Joanne Kilgour Dowdy
Section 1: Addressing Social Justice through Literacy
Activity #1 Read a Book, Watch a Movie: Exploring the Dynamics of
Social Justice through Literature and Film
Tiffany Powell-Lambright
Activity #2 Using Children's Literature to Explore Positive Gender Role Models
Michelle J. Sobolak and April A. Mattix
Activity #3 Wearing Your Words: Teaching Language Equity and Appropriateness
Jennifer M. Cunningham
Activity #4 Attitude Check: Students Interpret Texts from Multiple Perspectives
Joanne Kilgour Dowdy
Activity #5 Using Picture Books to Introduce and Extend Student Understanding
of Social Justice
William Bintz
Activity #6 Sing, Dance, Act, Paint or Draw! Active Knowledge through Performance Book Reports
Teresa J. Rishel
Activity #7 Multicultural Literature as a Prompt for Teaching about Social Justice
Claudette Thompson
Activity #8 Can Creative Writing Be Taught?
Mel Glenn
Activity #9 "Pump It Up" Writing Prompt Activity
Joanne Kilgour Dowdy
Activity #10 Sentence Dissection
Andrea Honigsfeld
Activity #11 Teaching Peace Literacy through Literature: A Lesson On Skin
Sandra Golden
Activity #12 Using Reading Logs to Motivate English Language Learners
from Multicultural Backgrounds to Read and Write
Yang Gao
Activity #13 Creating Shared Narratives: Using Language, Conflict and Choice
To Break Down Cross-Cultural Barriers
Gabriel Swarts
Activity #14 Online Autobiographies and Discussions in Global and Multicultural
Teacher Education: A Safe Place to Discuss Culture, Identify, Power, &
Privilege
Brad Maguth and Misato Yamaguchi
Activity #15 Homegrown Heroes and Local Folks: Transdisciplinary Teaching
Opportunities
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell and Leah Katherine Saal...
Section 2: Addressing Social Justice through Co-Curricular Areas
Activity #16 Widen the Lens: Expanding the Occupational Opportunities
for Students With Disabilities
Patrick J. O'Connor
Activity #17 "Box It": Resources are Limited: Creativity is Unlimited
Davison Mupinga
Activity #18 Giving Voice to the Moving Body Through Pictures and Drawings
Jennifer L. Fisette
Activity #19 Examining Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Within Physical Education
Takahiro Sato and Jennifer L. Fisette
Activity #20 Examining Sports in The Media: What Does the Media Actually Cover in
Sports, and Could it Influence the Learning Environment in My Gymnasium?
Jamie P. Ganz
Activity #21 Boosting Social and Historical Imagination Through Process Drama
Gumiko Monobe
Activity #22 The Personal Collage and Director's Concept Board Exercises for an Introduction to Theatre Class
Yuko Kurahashi
Activity #23 Out in the Field: Transforming Pre-Service Art Educators Through Field
and Other Experiences
Linda Hoeptner Poling and Juliann Dorff
Activity #24 Using Metaphor to Communicate Meaning Through a Visual
Dillon Sedar
Activity #25 Interpreting artworks through the "Question Tableau:" Cultivating Community in the Art Classroom
Eryc M.P. Watson
Activity #26 A Model for Environmental Literacy and Social Justice: Tourism in the Bahamas
Sonya L. Wisdom and Thalia Micklewhite
About the author
By Joanne Dowdy and Kenneth Cushner
Summary
This book presents the work from a selection of contributors who aim to provide educators with hands-on activities to encourage reflection, awareness, and dialogue related to social justice issues.
