Reading between the lines : activities for developing social awareness literacy / edited by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and Kenneth Cushner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dowdy, Joanne Kilgour, editor of compilation.

Cushner, Kenneth, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social justice--Study and teaching--United States--Activity programs.

Social justice.

Multicultural education--Study and teaching--United States--Activity programs.

Multicultural education.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Educational sociology--United States.

Educational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Activities that Promote Social Justice Awareness; PART I. ADDRESSING SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH LITERACY; Activity #1. Read a Book, Watch a Movie: Exploring the Dynamics of Social Justice through Literature and Film; Activity #2. Using Children's Literature to Explore Positive Gender Role Models; Activity #3. Wearing Your Words: Teaching Language Equity and Appropriateness; Activity #4. Attitude Check: Students Interpret Texts from Multiple Perspectives; Activity #5. Using Picture Books to Introduce and Extend Student Understanding of Social Justice

Activity #6. Sing, Dance, Act, Paint, or Draw! Active Knowledge through Performance Book ReportsActivity #7. Multicultural Literature as a Prompt for Teaching about Social Justice; Activity #8. Can Creative Writing Be Taught?; Activity #9. "Pump It Up" Writing Prompt; Activity #10. Sentence Dissection; Activity #11. Teaching Peace Literacy through Literature: A Lesson on Skin; Activity #12. Using Reading Logs to Motivate English Language Learners from Multicultural Backgrounds to Read and Write

Activity #13. Creating Shared Narratives: Using Language, Conflict, and Choice to Break Down Cross-Cultural BarriersActivity #14. Online Autobiographies and Discussions in Global and Multicultural Teacher Education: A Safe Place to Discuss Culture, Identity, Power, and Privilege; Activity #15. Homegrown Heroes and Local Folks: Transdisciplinary Teaching Opportunities; PART II. ADDRESSING SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH CO-CURRICULAR AREAS; Activity #16. Widen the Lens: Expanding the Occupational Opportunities for Students with Disabilities

Activity #17. "Box It": Resources Are Limited but Creativity Is UnlimitedActivity #18. Giving Voice to the Moving Body through Pictures and Drawings; Activity #19. Examining Culturally Relevant Pedagogy within Physical Education; 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?; Activity #21. Boosting Critical Social and Historical Imagination through Process Drama; Activity #22. The Personal Collage and Director's Concept Board Exercises for an Introduction to Theater Class

Activity #23. Out in the Field: Transforming Preservice Art Educators through Field and Other ExperiencesActivity #24. Using Metaphor to Communicate Meaning through a Visual; Activity #25. Interpreting Artworks through the "Question Tableau": Cultivating Community in the Art Classroom; Activity #26. A Model for Environmental Literacy and Social Justice: Tourism in The Bahamas; About the Editors and Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31401-1

1-4758-0897-6