ERIC Number: ED597940
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep-6
Pages: 160
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ISBN: 978-0-8077-6306-3
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Letting Go of Literary Whiteness: Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students. Language and Literacy Series
Borsheim-Black, Carlin; Sarigianides, Sophia Tatiana
Teachers College Press
Rooted in examples from their own and others' classrooms, the authors offer discipline-specific practices for implementing antiracist literature instruction in White-dominant schools. Each chapter explores a key dimension of antiracist literature teaching and learning, including designing literature-based units that emphasize racial literacy, selecting literature that highlights voices of color, analyzing Whiteness in canonical literature, examining texts through a critical race lens, managing challenges of race talk, and designing formative assessments for racial literacy and identity growth. The book features include: (1) Specific classroom scenarios and transcripts of race-related challenges that teachers will recognize to help situate suggested strategies; (2) Sample racial literacy objectives, questions, and assessments to guide unit instruction; (3) A literature-based unit that addresses societal racism in A Raisin in the Sun; (4) Assignments for exploring Whiteness in the teaching of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; (5) Questions teachers can use to examine "To Kill a Mockingbird" through a critical race lens; (6) Techniques for managing difficult moments in whole group discussions; and (7) Collaborative glossary and exploratory essay assignments to build understanding of race-based concepts and racial identity development. [Foreword by Timothy J. Lensmire.]
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Multicultural Education, Literature Appreciation, Reading Instruction, Whites, Instructional Design, Reading Material Selection, Cultural Awareness, Formative Evaluation, Novels, United States Literature, Critical Theory, Race, Classroom Communication, Glossaries, Essays, Assignments, Racial Identification
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Publication Type: Books; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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