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Be aware of teaching strategies that promote culturally responsive instruction.
Show awareness of the way diverse cultures have been and are portrayed in children's literature.
(Gen Ed Goal #8)
Be able to locate and use selection aids to identify books that meet the needs of children.
Have begun building a personal library of children's books and professional books in the field.
Be familiar with various Internet sites related to children's literature as well as other literature-
related media such as CD-ROMs. DVDs, videotapes, audiotapes, and films.
(Gen Ed Goal #3)
Be familiar with seminal research studies showing the benefits of reading literature aloud to
children, teaching reading with literature (literature-based instruction), and using literature across
the curriculum.
Instructor:
Faye Bernstein
Office:
Online
Office Hours:
Use the eMail tool within the online course to communicate with the instructor.
Course eMail messages will be checked daily. If you have a technical problem, contact the
Distance Education office by calling 1-701-228-5479 or 1-888-918-5623 (toll-free)
Email:
Use online course eMail tool.
Class Schedule:
Online
Textbook:
Title: Essentials of Children's Literature
Author: Lynch-Brown, C. & Tomlinson, C.M., 6th ed.
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
Edition/Year: 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-205-52032-9
Additional information : none
Type :
Required resource
Title : Charlotte's Web & The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Author : E.B. White and Beatrix Potter
Publisher : Harper Collins and F.Warne & Co.
ISBN : 0-06-441093-5 0-7232-4770-6
Additional information : none
Type :
Required resource
Title : Where the Wild Things Are
Author : Maurice Sendak
Publisher : Harper Trophy
ISBN : 13:-978-06-443178-1
Additional information : none