"Upending deficit narrative of learning loss, combating broken
approaches to racial equity, and wading deep into the contested
waters of democratic principles of learning within today’s
schools, Dr. Skerrett and Dr. Smagorinsky offer an accessible
guidebook for making our classrooms sites of justice and joy.
Perhaps most importantly, theirs is a book that reveals classroom
practices as they really are--the voices of teachers are situated
as co-authors in this important journey. I cannot think of a more
timely or relevant book for English educators than Teaching
Literacy in Troubled Times." — Antero Garcia, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford
University Relevant instruction to move education forward instead
of "back to normal" Educators often bemoan the so-called learning
gap that followed the upheaval to schooling in 2020, but the real
learning gap will occur if the watershed events and social shifts
of the early 2020s are not integrated into school instruction and
learning. For today’s learning to be relevant to today’s
students, it must reflect their lives and the true social worlds
they inhabit. But how? Teaching Literacy in Troubled Times empowers
educators to engage students in critical thinking, literacy
activities, and inquiry to investigate the personal and social
issues of pressing importance to today’s middle and high school
students. Six units of study, each co-authored by a teacher who
road-tested the activities in their own classroom, guide teachers
through the process of teaching literacy around the topics of
identity, social inequity, global justice, empathy, racism and
racial literacy, and conflicting ideas of patriotism. This urgent,
timely guide to creating a relevant classroom includes:
Instructional methods, content knowledge, and learning activities
for each unit that engage students in critical inquiry and social
action. Insights and guidance from teachers who put the full unit
plans in action with students. Reflection questions to help
teachers envision the work in their own classrooms. Templates,
rubrics, examples of student work, and other tools that help
teachers to plan and implement activities that grow students’
capacity to understand and act in society. Prime your students with
the critical thinking, investigative, and communicative skills they
need to connect themselves to broader social movements and create a
new generation of educated changemakers.
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