Reading between the lines
Subtitle: activities for developing social awareness literacy
By: edited by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and Kenneth Cushner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781475808957; 9781475808964
Subjects: Critical pedagogy; Study and teaching; Multicultural education; Educational sociology; Activity programs; Social justice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Joanne Kilgour Dowdy; title: Addressing social justice through literacy; title: Activity #1 Read a book, watch a movie : exploring the dynamics of social justice through literature and film / Tiffany Powell-Lambright; title: Activity #2 Using children's literature to explore positive gender role models / Michelle J. Sobolak and April A. Mattix; title: Activity #3 Wearing your words : teaching language equity and appropriateness / Jennifer M. Cunningham; title: Activity #4 Attitude check : students interpret texts from multiple perspectives / Joanne Kilgour Dowdy; title: Activity #5 Using picture books to introduce and extend student understanding of social justice / William Bintz; title: Activity #6 Sing, dance, act, paint or draw! : active knowledge through performance book reports / Teresa J. Rishel; title: Activity #7 Multicultural literature as a prompt for teaching about social justice / Claudette Thompson; title: Activity #8 Can creative writing be taught? / Mel Glenn; title: Activity #9 "Pump it up" writing prompt activity / Joanne Kilgour Dowdy; title: Activity #10 Sentence dissection / Andrea Honigsfeld; title: Activity #11 Teaching peace literacy through literature : a lesson on skin / Sandra Golden; title: Activity #12 Using reading logs to motivate English language learners from multicultural backgrounds to read and write / Yang Gao; title: Activity #13 Creating shared narratives : using language, conflict and choice to break down cross-cultural barriers / Gabriel Swarts; title: 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; title: Activity #15 Homegrown heroes and local folks : transdisciplinary teaching opportunities / Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell and Leah Katherine Saal; title: Addressing social justice through co-curricular areas; title: Activity #16 Widen the lens : expanding the occupational opportunities for students with disabilities / Patrick J. O'Connor; title: Activity #17 "Box it" : resources are limited : creativity is unlimited / Davison Mupinga; title: Activity #18 Giving voice to the moving body through pictures and drawings / Jennifer L. Fisette; title: Activity #19 Examining culturally relevant pedagogy within physical education / Takahiro Sato and Jennifer L. Fisette; title: 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; title: Activity #21 Boosting social and historical imagination through process drama / Gumiko Monobe; title: Activity #22 The personal collage and director's concept board exercises for an introduction to theatre class / Yuko Kurahashi; title: Activity #23 Out in the field : transforming pre-service art educators through field and other experiences / Linda Hoeptner Poling and Juliann Dorff; title: Activity #24 Using metaphor to communicate meaning through a visual / Dillon Sedar; title: Activity #25 Interpreting artworks through the "question tableau" : cultivating community in the art classroom / Eryc M.P. Watson; title: Activity #26 A model for environmental literacy and social justice : tourism in the Bahamas / Sonya L. Wisdom and Thalia Micklewhite.