Here Here! I think the saddest thing for me was seeing a teacher who had offered Mildred Taylor's "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" (can't underline in Yahoo!) as a class novel and students created the traditional Book Project...I think it was called Fancy Folders. Anyway, students wrote they felt no connection to the characters and that they rated the book poorly. How sad to see such an excellent piece of children's lit utilized this way. Yes I don't play "Black History Month." or Latino week or whatever! I teach history lessons with all the cast of characters! Our literature is rich and diverse. The kids recently read and reflected on an article by Toni Morrison about reading. We have some poetry by Niki Giovanni. I have a student reading Maus by Art Spiegelman that wants to present it in a book talk and I cannot wait...
On Nov 11, 2007 6:51 PM, meg krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill asked about how schools deal with diversity. > > This is especially pertinent for me. My school launched this year > with a workshop with Enid Lee on Multicultural Teaching. We are a > small K-5 independent school whose mission is to close the achievement > gap for low-income, minority children. We are working hard to think > about content and pedagogy and how we can be more inclusive. Enid Lee > edited a marvelous text, Beyond Heroes and Holidays, that has helped > us raise awareness of issues surrounding diversity. It is my belief > that it is not enough, or just, to celebrate Black History month or > Latino Heritage month. OR, if schools do celebrate these months, we > need to move beyond recognition of Rosa Parks. The teaching needs to > become broader and more critical as the children move up the grades so > that they grow and push their thinking about the contributions of > minorities in our country. > > Meg > > > > > > > -- > Meg Krause > Waterside School > 535 Fairfield Avenue > Stamford, CT 06902 > w: 203/975.8910 ext. 23 > fx: 203/975.9655 > m: 203/561.6136 > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- Tena _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
