GED 535 - Multicultural Literature for Children and Adolescents

This survey course focuses on criteria for identifying high-quality fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and multimodal texts for children and adolescents to support reading and writing. Theory and research on reader response, developmental characteristics, gender, and diversity will be examined. Instructional strategies to use texts from culturally diverse backgrounds will be introduced. Students will build inclusive and equitable learning environments by examining classroom and school libraries, organizing student-led book clubs, and creating book responses that use multimodality.

Credits: 3