Turning the Page - The Ultimate Guide for Teachers to Multicultural Literature

Turning the Page: The Ultimate Guide for Teachers to Multicultural Literature helps educators find multicultural books for the classroom that align with the curriculum. Inside the book are a peer-reviewed metric that shows teachers how to substitute biased books with multicultural literature, book reviews, and lesson plans for multicultural books.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Slaughter
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781475857641
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5764-1
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Languages other than English, Educational: Language, literature & literacy, Educational: first/native language: reading & writing skills, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts