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Multicultural literature
- 1. Sharing our Diversityand Unity
- 2. •Used historically todescribe masterpieces of Western European Literature •Now used to describe works written by international authors about international countries/cultures
- 3. Anything written abouta person or group of persons who is/are outside the dominant power structure of a country or region. Includes people: •of different color •of different religions •with different ethnic backgrounds •with developmental or physical disabilities •who define themselves as GLBTQ •from a geographically isolated area •of socioeconomically deprived background
- 4. Common Core: Students who are College and Career Ready in Reading… - “actively seek to understand other perspectives and cultures through reading”* and “…reading … works of literature representative of a variety of periods, cultures and worldviews, students can vicariously inhabit worlds and have experiences much different than their own”.* * "Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects." Common Core State Standards Initiative. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf>. p. 7
- 5. •Groves History –going beyond the dead white men’s canon •Summer reading for 9th and 11th grade students •Choice reading: •Multicultural during To Kill a Mockingbird •World literature for The Kite Runner unit •Multicultural and Holocaust literature courses
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Editor's Notes
- #4 who live in geographically isolated areas (Appalachia, the homeless?)
- #6 71% Caucasian, 29% African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native, Pacific Islander (with 22% African American)
- #11 Our list of authors for choice readings includes diverse authors and topics. This list is growing and changing as we speak as part of the PLC process. In 9 th grade – Unit on Maxine Hong Kingston’s Women Warrior dealing with cultural/gender bias. Unit on To Kill a Mockingbird supplemented with African American poetry. In 10 th grade we read a variety of diverse authors of fiction and nonfiction. In 11 th grade we read Elie Wiesel’s Night . We don’t offer a World Lit course, but Contemporary Lit features a variety of authors. AP Lit in grade 11 reads Nickel and Dimed , a socio economic diversity book. Grade 12 reads Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man . Summer reading lists for each grade include diverse choices for each grade such as…
- #12 Our list of authors for choice readings includes diverse authors and topics. This list is growing and changing as we speak as part of the PLC process. In 9 th grade – Unit on Maxine Hong Kingston’s Women Warrior dealing with cultural/gender bias. Unit on To Kill a Mockingbird supplemented with African American poetry. In 10 th grade we read a variety of diverse authors of fiction and nonfiction. In 11 th grade we read Elie Wiesel’s Night . We don’t offer a World Lit course, but Contemporary Lit features a variety of authors. AP Lit in grade 11 reads Nickel and Dimed , a socio economic diversity book. Grade 12 reads Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man . Summer reading lists for each grade include diverse choices for each grade such as…
- #13 Our list of authors for choice readings includes diverse authors and topics. This list is growing and changing as we speak as part of the PLC process. In 9 th grade – Unit on Maxine Hong Kingston’s Women Warrior dealing with cultural/gender bias. Unit on To Kill a Mockingbird supplemented with African American poetry. In 10 th grade we read a variety of diverse authors of fiction and nonfiction. In 11 th grade we read Elie Wiesel’s Night . We don’t offer a World Lit course, but Contemporary Lit features a variety of authors. AP Lit in grade 11 reads Nickel and Dimed , a socio economic diversity book. Grade 12 reads Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man . Summer reading lists for each grade include diverse choices for each grade such as…
- #14 Our list of authors for choice readings includes diverse authors and topics. This list is growing and changing as we speak as part of the PLC process. In 9 th grade – Unit on Maxine Hong Kingston’s Women Warrior dealing with cultural/gender bias. Unit on To Kill a Mockingbird supplemented with African American poetry. In 10 th grade we read a variety of diverse authors of fiction and nonfiction. In 11 th grade we read Elie Wiesel’s Night . We don’t offer a World Lit course, but Contemporary Lit features a variety of authors. AP Lit in grade 11 reads Nickel and Dimed , a socio economic diversity book. Grade 12 reads Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man . Summer reading lists for each grade include diverse choices for each grade such as…