Teaching Tough Topics

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-55138-341-5
Verlag: Pembroke Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 211 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Teaching Tough Topics shows teachers how to lead students to become caring citizens as they read and respond to quality children’s literature. It focuses on topics that can be challenging or sensitive, yet are significant in order to build understanding of social justice, diversity, and equity. Racism, Homophobia, Bullying, Religious Intolerance, Poverty, and Physical and Mental Challenges are just some of the themes explored. The book is rooted in the belief that by using picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction, teachers can enrich learning with compassion and empathy as students make connections to texts, to others, and to the world.  

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swartz, Larry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview, Foreword- Building Empathy through Children’s Literature, Introduction: Tough Topics and How to Deal with Them, 1 Race and Diverse Cultures 2 The Immigrant and Refugee Experience 3 Indigenous Identities 4 The Holocaust 5 Physical and Mental Challenges 6 Poverty 7 Death, Loss and Remembrance 8 Gender Identity and Homophobia 9 Bullying 10Ripplesof Kindness

Über Autor(innen)

Larry Swartz is a literacy and drama instructor at OISE–University of Toronto. Larry has worked in classrooms, as a consultant, and workshop presenter. He has been involved with teachers throughout North America, with groups of teachers in China and New Zealand, and with Queen Noor’s Literacy Initiative in Jordan. Larry is committed to helping teachers use quality children’s literature across the curriculum to inspire students to read, read, read. Larry lives in Toronto.