EDEC 30073 - Critical Literacy and Children's Literature

Prerequisites: Student should be seeking EC-6 teacher certification. This course offers an introduction to the analytical study of children's literature with a focus on children's books that grapple with difficult social issues. We will explore books that go beyond "happily ever after," learning how authors deal with topics such as 9/11, homelessness, gangs, divorce, race, war, and the Holocaust. We will study novels, picture books, and film. While studying these texts, we will also discuss ways to integrate children's literature throughout the EC-6 curriculum--including a focus on content area reading strategies.





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