Letting Go of Literary Whiteness - Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students (Paperback)

Rooted in examples from their own and others' classrooms, the authors offer discipline-specific practices for implementing antiracist literature instruction in White-dominant schools. Each chapter explores a key dimension of antiracist literature teaching and learning, including designing literature-based units that emphasize racial literacy, selecting literature that highlights voices of color, analyzing Whiteness in canonical literature, examining texts through a critical race lens, managing challenges of race talk, and designing formative assessments for racial literacy and identity growth.Book Features: Specific classroom scenarios and transcripts of race-related challenges that teachers will recognize to help situate suggested strategies Sample racial literacy objectives, questions, and assessments to guide unit instruction. A literature-based unit that addresses societal racism in A Raisin in the Sun. Assignments for exploring Whiteness in the teaching of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Questions teachers can use to examine To Kill a Mockingbird through a critical race lens. Techniques for managing difficult moments in whole group discussions. Collaborative glossary and exploratory essay assignments to build understanding of race-based concepts and racial identity development.

General

Imprint:	Teachers College Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Language and Literacy Series
Release date:	September 2019
Contributors:	Carlin Borsheim-Black • Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides • Timothy J. Lensmire
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-8077-6305-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Children's & Educational > Language & literature > Modern languages (other than English) > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun Promotions
LSN:	0-8077-6305-5
Barcode:	9780807763056

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