Reading Between the Lines
Activities for Developing Social Awareness Literacy
1st Edition
Published on 18. March 2014
178 pages
978-1-4758-0897-1 (ISBN)
Description
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. Highlighting the need for teachers to intentionally create spaces where students from all backgrounds can work together and appreciate their differences, teachers and teacher educators showcase hands-on literacy strategies that all educators can adapt and use in their own classrooms to enhance social justice awareness.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4758-0897-1 (9781475808971)
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Joanne Dowdy | Kenneth Cushner
Reading Between the Lines
Activities for Developing Social Awareness Literacy
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03/2014
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Reading Between the Lines
Activities for Developing Social Awareness Literacy
Book
03/2014
Rowman & Littlefield Education
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Persons
Kenneth Cushner, Ed. D. is Professor of international and intercultural teacher education at Kent State University, author of numerous textbooks, chapter and articles in the fields of multicultural education and intercultural training, and a Founding Fellow and Past President of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. He also serves as director of the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST).
Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is a Professor of Adolescent/Adult Literacy at Kent State University. The American Educational Research Association Narrative and Research SIG awarded her book, Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters, the Outstanding Book Award for 2009.
Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is a Professor of Adolescent/Adult Literacy at Kent State University. The American Educational Research Association Narrative and Research SIG awarded her book, Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters, the Outstanding Book Award for 2009.
Content
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
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
