Rethinking Classrooms, Vol. 1
RETHINKING OUR CLASSROOMS: TEACHING FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE, VOL. 1
By Wayne Au, Bill Bigelow & Stan Karp, eds. Rethinking Schools. 2007. (240 pages)
Subjects: Education. Multicultural education. Social justice. Environmental preservation. Human rights. Media literacy.
Recommended for: Educators, for use with grades 4-12.
SUMMARY:
Rethinking Our Classrooms, vol. 1, is a collection of essays, articles, poems, teaching ideas, and more, for teachers to use in inspiring students to think critically and creatively about global social justice issues. A large focus of the book includes essays from educators on incorporating these techniques in your classroom. The book covers a wide variety of issues, including racism, gender stereotypes, economic issues, media literacy, environmental education, immigration, the military and more. In addition to readings and teaching ideas, the resource section includes books, videos and websites on these topics.
IDEAS FOR USING THIS BOOK:
This book is full of teaching ideas. Topics addressed in the book include:
- Combating bias
- Gender stereotypes
- Military recruitment
- The impact of television
- Discrimination
- Food and the environment
- World poverty
- War and peace
- Sexual harassment
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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