Text Sets : Multimodal Learning for Multicultural Students [1 ed.] 9789004368323, 9789004368309

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Text Sets

Text Sets Multimodal Learning for Multicultural Students Edited by

Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and Rachael Fleischaker

LEIDEN | BOSTON

Cover illustration: Drawing by Robert V. Reid All chapters in this book have undergone peer review. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Dowdy, Joanne Kilgour, editor. | Fleischaker, Rachael, editor. Title: Text sets : multimodal learning for multicultural students / edited by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and Rachael Fleischaker. Description: Boston : Brill Sense, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. ,GHQWL¿HUV/&&1SULQW _/&&1HERRN _,6%1 (ERRN _,6%1SENDONSDSHU _,6%1 KDUGEDFNDONSDSHU Subjects: LCSH: Multicultural education--Sources. | Interdisciplinary approach in education--Sources. &ODVVL¿FDWLRQ/&&/&HERRN _/&&/&7SULQW _''& GF /&UHFRUGDYDLODEOHDWKWWSVOFFQORFJRY

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To all the teachers who have helped me to understand the possibilities of a multicultural approach to education. Thank you! – JD To my husband, Dan, who encourages, supports, and inspires me! – RF

CONTENTS

Preface

xi

Introduction Lisa Ciecierski

xiii

Part 1: Literacy and Language Arts 1.

2.

Using Literature to Teach Inference in the English/Language Arts &ODVVURRP William P. Bintz 8QGHUVWDQGLQJ7KRVH:KR$UH'L൵HUHQWA Text Set for Middle School /DQJXDJH$UWV&XUULFXOXP Bethany L. Scullin





 ‘Good Hair’: ([SORULQJ5DFHZLWKLQ0XOWLFXOWXUDO3UHVFKRRO&XUULFXOXP Brianna Foraker



 5HFRJQL]LQJ$IULFDQ,QÀXHQFHVLQ$PHULFDQ&KLOGUHQ¶V/LWHUDWXUH Taylor Hair and Rachael Fleischaker



Part 2: Mathematics  8VLQJ7H[WVWR6HHWKH8QLYHUVDOLW\RI0DWKHPDWLFV Julie Nurnberger-Haag, Anita Alexander and Janis S. McTeer



 8VLQJ/LWHUDWXUHDVD/HQVLQWRWKH6WDQGDUGVIRU0DWKHPDWLFDO3UDFWLFH Courtney Nagle



 &RXQWLQJ2XU:D\WKURXJK.LQGHUJDUWHQ8VLQJ7H[W6HWV Molly Young



Part 3: Science and the Nature World 8.

$7H[W6HW*XLGHG7RXURI%LRORJLFDO(YROXWLRQ Lisa Borgerding

 Science as a Human Enterprise: The Power of Varied Backgrounds and Perspectives: $7H[W6HWIRU(OHPHQWDU\DQG0LGGOH6FKRRO6FLHQFH Bridget K. Mulvey

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10. 8VLQJ7H[W6HWVWR7HDFK67(0LQWKH.&ODVVURRP William P. Bintz, Sara D. Moore and Mila Rosa Librea-Carden 11. 7R,Q¿QLW\DQG%H\RQGZLWK7H[WVA Text Set for High School $VWURQRP\ Alexandria Twichell





Part 4: Historical Perspectives 12. Using Biographical Multicultural and International Literature across &RQWHQW$UHDV Gumiko Monobe and Sharyn Turner  7ULQLGDG,VD3DUDGLVH Joanne Kilgour Dowdy

 

 Understanding Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Text Set for High School $PHULFDQ+LVWRU\ Joe Lendak



 Beyond Names and Dates in World War II: A Text Set for High 6FKRRO+LVWRU\ Matthew Porter



Part 5: Exploring Cultural Connections  Día de Muertos – Day of the Dead: $0XOWLFXOWXUDO7UDGLWLRQ Mariana Romero-Gonzalez



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