This video workshop introduces teachers to ethnically diverse American writers and offers dynamic instructional strategies and resources to make works meaningful for students. It includes eight one-hour videos in which teachers model effective approaches--based on reader response, critical inquiry, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy--for using multicultural works in the classroom. In units that unfold over time, they also demonstrate activities and practices that engage students in critical discussions of race, class, and social justice, and empower them to take action for change. The featured teachers, along with leading educators, provide reflection and commentary throughout the programs. Authors share information on their works and about their lives through interviews and classroom visits. A robust Web site extends the video content with author biographies, synopses of the works, information on how to implement the teaching strategies, summaries of the video lessons, student work samples, resource materials, and annotated bibliographies. A downloadable guide includes short works of literature featured in the workshop, along with discussion questions, activities, and weekly assignments, to engage teachers in professional development and learning experiences similar to those they might provide in their own classrooms. The eight programs contained herein are: Workshop 1: Engagement and Dialogue--Julia Alvarez, James McBride, Lensey Namioka, and more; Workshop 2: Engagement and Dialogue--Judith Ortiz Cofer and Nikki Grimes; Workshop 3: Research and Discovery--Shirley Sterling and Laura Tohe; Workshop 4: Research and Discovery--Edwidge Danticat, An Na, Laurence Yep, and more; Workshop 5: Historical and Cultural Context--Christopher Paul Curtis; Workshop 6: Historical and Cultural Context--Langston Hughes and Christopher Moore; Workshop 7: Social Justice and Action--Alma Flor Ada, Pam Munoz Ryan, and Paul Yee; and Workshop 8: Social Justice and Action--Joseph Bruchac and Francisco Jimenez. [This workshop includes: 8 one-hour video programs; workshop guide; and Web site.]