RLIT 633 - Culturally Sustaining Practices & Children’s Literature

3 Credits
533 Prerequisite(s): None This course is designed for classroom teachersand others interested in selecting and analyzing children’s literature for instruction and encouragement for independent reading. Particular emphasis is toward promoting literature as a way for students to connect with themselves and the world and creating a literate classroom environment. Participants will read, enjoy, analyze, and discuss a wide variety of diverse children’s literature as well as explore authors, illustrators, genres, formats, and themes of children’s literature within a social justice context while learning strategies for integrating literature into classrooms.