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Rooted in examples from their own and others' classrooms, the authors of this book 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.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword Timothy J. Lensmire
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Teaching About Racism Through Literature in White Schools
  • Why Focus on White Educational Contexts?
  • Why Teach About Racism Via Literary Study?
  • What Is a Critical Race Approach and Why Take It Up?
  • Notes on Authorial Decisions Throughout the Book
  • 2. Designing Racial Literacy Objectives and Assessments for Literature-Based Units
  • Common Challenge: Glossing Over Complex Race Concepts
  • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
  • What You Can Do: Use Backward Planning to Design Literature-Based Units for Racial Literacy
  • In the Classroom: Articulating Racial Literacy Objectives for A Raisin in the Sun
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Introducing a Racialized Reader Response
  • Common Challenge: White Readers' Misreadings of Blackness in Literature
  • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
  • What You Can Do: Interrupt Whiteness Via Text Selection and Literary Response
  • In the Classroom: Racializing White Readers' Responses to The Crossover
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Unearthing Whiteness in Canonical Texts about Racism
  • Common Challenge: White Investments in Canonic White Savior Narratives
  • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
  • What You Can Do: Expose Whiteness in Canonic, White-Authored Texts
  • In the Classroom: Exposing Whiteness in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Applying a Critical Race Theory Lens for Literary Analysis
  • Common Challenge: Reinforcing Racism via Traditional Literary Analysis
  • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
  • What You Can Do: Employ a CRT Lens for Literary Analysis
  • In the Classroom: Applying a CRT Lens to To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Planning for and Responding to Race Talk
  • Common Challenge: Managing Race Talk
  • Why It Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
  • What You Can Do: Use Proactive and Reactive Strategies for Managing Race Talk
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Designing Assignments to Build Racial Literacy
  • Common Challenge: Questioning White Racial Assumptions
  • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
  • What You Can Do: Design Assignments to Scaffold Racial Literacy
  • In the Classroom: Using Collaborative Glossaries and Exploratory Essays
  • Racial Identity Work for White Teachers
  • A Beginning, Not an End
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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        Publisher: Teachers' College Press
        Publication Date: 30/12/2019
        ISBN13: 9780807763056, 978-0807763056
        ISBN10: 0807763055
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Rooted in examples from their own and others' classrooms, the authors of this book 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.

        Table of Contents
        • Foreword Timothy J. Lensmire
        • Acknowledgments
        • 1. Teaching About Racism Through Literature in White Schools
        • Why Focus on White Educational Contexts?
        • Why Teach About Racism Via Literary Study?
        • What Is a Critical Race Approach and Why Take It Up?
        • Notes on Authorial Decisions Throughout the Book
        • 2. Designing Racial Literacy Objectives and Assessments for Literature-Based Units
        • Common Challenge: Glossing Over Complex Race Concepts
        • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
        • What You Can Do: Use Backward Planning to Design Literature-Based Units for Racial Literacy
        • In the Classroom: Articulating Racial Literacy Objectives for A Raisin in the Sun
        • Conclusion
        • 3. Introducing a Racialized Reader Response
        • Common Challenge: White Readers' Misreadings of Blackness in Literature
        • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
        • What You Can Do: Interrupt Whiteness Via Text Selection and Literary Response
        • In the Classroom: Racializing White Readers' Responses to The Crossover
        • Conclusion
        • 4. Unearthing Whiteness in Canonical Texts about Racism
        • Common Challenge: White Investments in Canonic White Savior Narratives
        • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
        • What You Can Do: Expose Whiteness in Canonic, White-Authored Texts
        • In the Classroom: Exposing Whiteness in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
        • Conclusion
        • 5. Applying a Critical Race Theory Lens for Literary Analysis
        • Common Challenge: Reinforcing Racism via Traditional Literary Analysis
        • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
        • What You Can Do: Employ a CRT Lens for Literary Analysis
        • In the Classroom: Applying a CRT Lens to To Kill a Mockingbird
        • Conclusion
        • 6. Planning for and Responding to Race Talk
        • Common Challenge: Managing Race Talk
        • Why It Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
        • What You Can Do: Use Proactive and Reactive Strategies for Managing Race Talk
        • Conclusion
        • 7. Designing Assignments to Build Racial Literacy
        • Common Challenge: Questioning White Racial Assumptions
        • Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
        • What You Can Do: Design Assignments to Scaffold Racial Literacy
        • In the Classroom: Using Collaborative Glossaries and Exploratory Essays
        • Racial Identity Work for White Teachers
        • A Beginning, Not an End
        • References
        • Index
        • About the Author

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