Classrooms across the United States have changed and continues to change each year. There is more ethnicity and cultures in the classroom today. The use of multicultural children’s literature can promote culture awareness in a positive way and build acceptance and understanding. Multicultural children’s literature is a great way to teach cultural sensitivity and diversity to your students.
Next I will discuss the five guidelines for choosing children’s literature to promote cultural awareness. First, make sure the book use have chosen is culturally accurate (Smith and Wiese, 2006). It is important that the events or facts discussed in the book are true and accurate. Second, avoid books that stereotype races or cultures. No race should be depicted as having a bad reputation or in a negative way. The third guideline is avoid book that depict one culture against another (Edward, 2014). You should never make another culture appear bad or insensitive to promote another culture. The goal …show more content…
Lowry’s book is fictional, but it teaches your students about the Holocaust and about the courage many had as they resisted the Nazis soldiers. This book can teach your students about what can happen when people don’t celebrate diversity. It teaches them how people are capable of doing evil or good things. This book meets all of my guidelines, but number four in particular. It tells a great story. Number the Stars is wonderful book that will make you cry and enjoys in the end.
The book I have chosen for the nonfiction book is Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges. This book is the story of Ruby Bridges one of the first African-American children to attended an all-white school. She discusses her experiences during her first grade school year at William Frantz Public School and her teacher Mrs.
Next I will discuss the five guidelines for choosing children’s literature to promote cultural awareness. First, make sure the book use have chosen is culturally accurate (Smith and Wiese, 2006). It is important that the events or facts discussed in the book are true and accurate. Second, avoid books that stereotype races or cultures. No race should be depicted as having a bad reputation or in a negative way. The third guideline is avoid book that depict one culture against another (Edward, 2014). You should never make another culture appear bad or insensitive to promote another culture. The goal …show more content…
Lowry’s book is fictional, but it teaches your students about the Holocaust and about the courage many had as they resisted the Nazis soldiers. This book can teach your students about what can happen when people don’t celebrate diversity. It teaches them how people are capable of doing evil or good things. This book meets all of my guidelines, but number four in particular. It tells a great story. Number the Stars is wonderful book that will make you cry and enjoys in the end.
The book I have chosen for the nonfiction book is Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges. This book is the story of Ruby Bridges one of the first African-American children to attended an all-white school. She discusses her experiences during her first grade school year at William Frantz Public School and her teacher Mrs.