Reading Between the Lines

This book presents the work from a selection of contributors who aim to provide educators with hands-on activities to encourage reflection, awareness, and dialogue related to social justice issues.

Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is a Professor of Adolescent/Adult Literacy at Kent State University. The American Educational Research Association Narrative and Research SIG awarded her book, Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters, the Outstanding Book Award for 2009.

Introduction-Joanne Kilgour Dowdy Section 1: Addressing Social Justice through Literacy Activity #1 Read a Book, Watch a Movie: Exploring the Dynamics of Social Justice through Literature and Film Tiffany Powell-Lambright Activity #2 Using Children's Literature to Explore Positive Gender Role Models Michelle J. Sobolak and April A. Mattix Activity #3 Wearing Your Words: Teaching Language Equity and Appropriateness Jennifer M. Cunningham Activity #4 Attitude Check: Students Interpret Texts from Multiple Perspectives Joanne Kilgour Dowdy Activity #5 Using Picture Books to Introduce and Extend Student Understanding of Social Justice William Bintz Activity #6 Sing, Dance, Act, Paint or Draw! Active Knowledge through Performance Book Reports Teresa J. Rishel Activity #7 Multicultural Literature as a Prompt for Teaching about Social Justice Claudette Thompson Activity #8 Can Creative Writing Be Taught? Mel Glenn Activity #9 "Pump It Up" Writing Prompt Activity Joanne Kilgour Dowdy Activity #10 Sentence Dissection Andrea Honigsfeld Activity #11 Teaching Peace Literacy through Literature: A Lesson On Skin Sandra Golden Activity #12 Using Reading Logs to Motivate English Language Learners from Multicultural Backgrounds to Read and Write Yang Gao Activity #13 Creating Shared Narratives: Using Language, Conflict and Choice To Break Down Cross-Cultural Barriers Gabriel Swarts Activity #14 Online Autobiographies and Discussions in Global and Multicultural Teacher Education: A Safe Place to Discuss Culture, Identify, Power, & Privilege Brad Maguth and Misato Yamaguchi Activity #15 Homegrown Heroes and Local Folks: Transdisciplinary Teaching Opportunities Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell and Leah Katherine Saal. Section 2: Addressing Social Justice through Co-Curricular Areas Activity #16 Widen the Lens: Expanding the Occupational Opportunities for Students With Disabilities Patrick J. O'Connor Activity #17 "Box It": Resources are Limited: Creativity is Unlimited Davison Mupinga Activity #18 Giving Voice to the Moving Body Through Pictures and Drawings Jennifer L. Fisette Activity #19 Examining Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Within Physical Education Takahiro Sato and Jennifer L. Fisette Activity #20 Examining Sports in The Media: What Does the Media Actually Cover in Sports, and Could it Influence the Learning Environment in My Gymnasium? Jamie P. Ganz Activity #21 Boosting Social and Historical Imagination Through Process Drama Gumiko Monobe Activity #22 The Personal Collage and Director's Concept Board Exercises for an Introduction to Theatre Class Yuko Kurahashi Activity #23 Out in the Field: Transforming Pre-Service Art Educators Through Field and Other Experiences Linda Hoeptner Poling and Juliann Dorff Activity #24 Using Metaphor to Communicate Meaning Through a Visual Dillon Sedar Activity #25 Interpreting artworks through the "Question Tableau:" Cultivating Community in the Art Classroom Eryc M.P. Watson Activity #26 A Model for Environmental Literacy and Social Justice: Tourism in the Bahamas Sonya L. Wisdom and Thalia Micklewhite