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Multicultural Literature?

Apr 02, 2009 by Fearywings | Posted in Teaching

What constitutes as Multicultural Literature? Is it the look, content, culture discussed, or national origin of the writer or characters?

It could be any or all of them.

Please recommend some good multicultural literature appropriate for 2nd grade?

Oct 15, 2008 by Fly girl | Posted in Books & Authors

I would like compelling picture books that tell stories with characters from different countries around the world. Thanks.

Susan Kuklin - "How My One's nearest Lives in America"
Three children-an African American, a Hispanic American, and an Asian American-describe their families and how they've adapted to individual in America. Photographs and first-person accounts detail the importance of each unique ethnic tradition.

http://susankuklin.com/industry7.htm

There's links in this site to other books which may be of relevance :)

An example that exemplifies multicultural literature for children?

May 07, 2008 by killiolm | Posted in Teaching

Any of these will do:
The StarFisher by Laurence Yep
Lon Po Po by Ed Na
Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy
Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep


Shoes for Everyone by Barbara Mitchel
Aida by Leo and Diane Dillon
The Gold Cadillac by Mildred Taylor
Metrical composition for Young People by Langston Hughes
Harvey Potter & the Balloon Farm


The Trail of Tears by R. Conrad Stein
The Talking Blue planet by Jean Craighead George
The Legend of Bluebonnet by Tommie DePalma
Sootface by Robert D. San Souci
The Milky Way by Joseph Bruchac & Gayle Ross

Japanese Fairy Tales by Philip Smith
The Big Wavelet by Pearl S. Buck
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Farewell to Manzanar by Houston
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
Molly's Crusader
The Golden Cockerel by Aleksandr Pushkin
Prince Ivan & the Firebird
Manya's Story by B. Gray

The Watson's Go to Birmingham 1963 by CPCurtis
Bud, Not Buddy
Bucking the Sarge
Mr. Chickee's Risible Money

In the Year of the Boar & Jackie Robinson

Zeely by Virginia Hamilton

Compare and contrast the concept of “culture” in traditional literature and multicultural literature.?

Oct 31, 2007 by g-la | Posted in Psychology

To me, customs can be construed as the overall manifestation of the secular belief systems espoused by the majority of the citizens of a specific cultural set, be that either at the realm or the neighborhood level.

Multiculture is more concerned with comparisons between people of different ethnicities who interact in the same culture.

For model, the American culture can be defined and studied with respect to all people who reside in the U.S., no matter their background or heritage. One can lessons and comment on the general and/or majority cultural tenets of the U.S.

But, there are significant and compelling differences between sub-cultures within the U.S. There tends to be both feud between and embracement of diverse cultural entities within the overall American culture.

Is it right to include stories in textbooks just because they are "multicultural sensitive"?

Oct 15, 2008 by Concerned mom | Posted in Other - Cultures & Groups

The quarter that chose a textbook featuring Obama says they did so because of the multicultural relevance of the feature. What is more important- the great literature works of story or multicultural relevance? Shouldn't multicultural students also learn of great works of history or is that privilege just reserved for undefiled students?

I about I get what you are saying;should great literature works be pushed aside for books with multicultural themes? The answer is NO. However to only teach kids about "A Story of Two Cities" but disregard "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" would deprive them of knowledgable about other cultures.

Children no matter what color need to learn that there are other people out there that don't look like them and it is ok. They also need to comprehend that Charles Dickens,Robert Frost, and Mark Twain and their works existed-but so do Toni Morrison,Maya Angelou, and Alex Haley .
A honesty a possessions teacher knows who to find that balance and teach his or her students about all cultures and their works of literature. When I was in school, the most fun I had was in the classes with the teacher or professor that was altruistic minded and taught us about Robert Frost AND Langston Hughes or Margaret Walker AND Yukio Mishima.