Date of Defense
4-26-2017
Date of Graduation
4-2017
Department
English
First Advisor
Jill Hermann-Wilmarth
Second Advisor
Amy Bentz
Third Advisor
Aaron Brossiet
Keywords
Multicultural Literature, Critical Literacy, Social Justice, Inquiry
Abstract
This paper argues for the use of multicultural literature in the classroom, and puts forth a unit plan that uses critical literacy in an English 11 classroom, though it can be readapted to fit other grade levels. Bishop (1990) describes multicultural literature as a set of windows, that people use to view the experiences of others, and mirrors, that reflect and validate peoples’ experience, a core principal in this paper. Critical literacy is comprised of four dimensions (Lewison, Flint, & Van Sluys, 2002) that allows for analyzing literature in a different and meaningful way. The final part of this paper details a five phase unit plan that has students inquiring into different cultures using Jigsaw groups (Aronson, n.d.).
Recommended Citation
Gonzalez, Juan, "Delving into Multicultural Literature with Inquiry" (2017). Honors Theses. 2849.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses/2849
Access Setting
Honors Thesis-Open Access
Included in
Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons, Other English Language and Literature Commons, Secondary Education Commons