Download - Multicultural literature
•Used historically to describe masterpieces of Western European Literature•Now used to describe works written by international authors about international countries/cultures
Anything written about a person or group of persons who is/are outside the dominant power structure of a country or region.
Includes people:
•of different color•of different religions•with different ethnic backgrounds•with developmental or physical disabilities•who define themselves as GLBTQ•from a geographically isolated area•of socioeconomically deprived background
Common Core:
Students who are College and Career Ready in Reading… - “actively seek to understand other perspectives and cultures through reading”*
and “…reading … works of literature representative of
a variety of periods, cultures and worldviews, students can vicariously inhabit worlds and have experiences much different than their own”.*
* "Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical
Subjects." Common Core State Standards Initiative. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf>. p. 7
•Groves History – going beyond the dead white men’s canon•Summer reading for 9th and 11th grade students•Choice reading:•Multicultural during To Kill a Mockingbird •World literature for The Kite Runner unit
•Multicultural and Holocaust literature courses