Text Sets

Multimodal Learning for Multicultural Students
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36831-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Text Sets: Multimodal Learning for Multicultural Students integrates a multicultural approach to teaching with standards-based instruction and multimodal learning opportunities in a variety of content areas. This unique combination allows teachers to meet the demands of their curriculum while recognizing and honoring the diverse students in their classroom. Each chapter provides an annotated text set with a specific theme, curricular goals, and instructional activities that suggest ways for students to interact with the texts. In addition to providing ready-made text sets, it models a framework for teachers to build their own text sets based on the individual needs of their schools and communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dowdy, Joanne Kilgour

Fleischaker, Rachael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Multikulturelle Pädagogik, Friedenserziehung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

Introduction xiii
Lisa Ciecierski

Part 1: Literacy and Language Arts

1. Using Literature to Teach Inference in the English/Language Arts Classroom 3
William P. Bintz

2. Understanding Those Who Are Different: A Text Set for Middle School Language Arts Curriculum 13
Bethany Scullin

3. ‘Good Hair’: Exploring Race within Multicultural Preschool Curriculum 25
Brianna Foraker

4. Recognizing African Influences in Children’s Literature 33
Taylor Hair and Rachael Fleischaker

Part 2: Mathematics

5. Using Texts to See the Universality of Mathematics 45
Julie Nurnberger-Haag, Anita Alexander and Janis S. Mcteer

6. Using Literature as a Lens into the Standards for Mathematical Practice 59
Courtney Nagle

7. Counting Our Way through Kindergarten Using Text Sets 73
Molly Young

Part 3: Science and the Nature World

8. A Text Set Guided Tour of Biological Evolution 85
Lisa Borgerding

9. Science as a Human Enterprise: The Power of Varied Backgrounds and Perspectives: A Text Set for Elementary and Middle School Science 99
Bridget K. Mulvey

10. Using Text Sets to Teach STEM in the K-5 Classroom 107
William P. Bintz, Sara D. Moore and Mila Rosa Librea-Carden

11. To Infinity and Beyond with Texts: A Text Set for High School Astronomy 117
Alexandria Twichell

Part 4: Historical Perspectives

12. Using Biographical Multicultural and International Literature across Content Areas 129
Gumiko Monobe and Sharyn Turner

13. Trinidad Is a Paradise 149
Joanne Kilgour Dowdy

14. Understanding Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Test Set for High School American History 161
Joe Lendak

15. Beyond Names and Dates in World War II: A Text Set for High School History 167
Matthew Porter

Part 5: Exploring Cultural Connections

16. Día de Muertos – Day of the Dead: A Multicultural Tradition 177
Mariana Romero-Gonzalez

17. Everyone Has a Story: What Is Yours? 185
Shen Wen Tan

18. What Are You? A Text Set about Biracial Identity 193
Shana M. Lee

19. The Way of My People: Addressing Students’ Heritage through Blackfoot Culture 201
Lorianna Clarke-Alexander

Part 6: Communication through Language and Culture

20. Experiential Exercises in Lingo-Cultural Diversity 213
Irina Anokhin

21. Communication between the Deaf, the Culturally Deaf, Their Families, and the Hearing 221
Laura Beth Benner

22. Finding Peace through War 229
Fitim Krasniqi

Part 7: Musical Journeys

23. Jazzin’ It up in the Elementary Music Classroom with Text Sets 239
Rachael Fleischaker

24. The Blues: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Using Text Sets 251
Karl Martin

Part 8: Visual Art and What It Represents

25. Colors and Emotions 263
Kaitlyn Culp

26. Aesthetics: It’s Not Always Black and White 269
Katheryn Werner

27. Women Artists and Women in Art 277
Sue Kelewae

About the Contributors 287

Index 293

Über Autor(innen)

Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is a Professor of Literacy Studies in the department of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University in Ohio. She has written and edited 14 books including one children’s book about Olympic athlete Lennox Kilgour.

Rachael Fleischaker teaches elementary music in the Canton City Schools in Canton, Ohio. She also teaches music methods courses at the college level. Her interest in curriculum, pedagogy, authentic assessment, and culturally responsive teaching has guided her research and her pursuit of a doctoral degree at Kent State University.