Teaching Through Culture : Strategies for Reading and Responding to Young Adult Literature

by WEBSTER JOAN PARKER

• ISBN13: 9781558853768
• ISBN10: 1558853766
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Arte Publico Pr

Summary

In previous generations of secondary curriculum, the texts read in class reflected a more homogenous society. Today, characters with names like Trino Olivares and Consuelo Harburton join traditional characters, such as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. In an increasingly multicultural global community, teachers are striving to bring more culturally responsive materials to their classrooms. In this trailblazing text, Joan Parker Webster provides instructors with the basic tools to teach young adults Hispanic literature through texts selected and methods tailored for diverse students. She has chosen exemplary narrative works from some of the most respected authors of Hispanic literature. Teaching through Culture introduces teachers to key texts while providing supporting information and methods to make teaching and reading experiences effective. A culturally responsive teacher builds on students' prior knowledge and employs appropriate styles of communication and interaction to engage students in learning.

Author Biography

Joan Parker Webster is Assistant Professor at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher	1	(11)
Silent Dancing: A Storyteller's Memories	12	(28)
Call Me Consuelo: Mystery and Subplot	40	(20)
Jumping Off to Freedom: Fiction from Today's Headlines	60	(26)
Trino's Choice: The Power of Words	86	(23)
Spirits of the High Mesa: In the Name of Progress	109	(28)
...y no se lo trago la tierra / And the Earth Did Not Devour Him: The Voices of the People	137	(24)
The Story Continues	161	(8)
Works Cited	169	(5)
Bibliography	174