| Title |
Wilson, Leah_MED_2019 |
| Alternative Title |
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD: FOSTERING SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH ART-BASED SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN' S LITERATURE |
| Creator |
Wilson, Leah |
| Collection Name |
Master of English |
| Description |
Cultural awareness and the promotion of social justice through social justice education is a critical component of multicultural education in schools. It is through social justice education with the use of art and multicultural children's literature that students can become more culturally aware, see others' points of view, respect and treat others fairly by putting others first above themselves, and transform themselves into advocates for change that will help societies become just and genuinely multicultural. Unfortunately, this education is not always provided to students, especially not at the social justice level. This project aimed to provide an accessible art-based social justice education curriculum to second-grade teachers to effectively teach social justice concepts through art-based activities and multicultural children's literature in a series of six lesson plans. The lesson plans were presented through a fun, creative, and easy to teach approach to increase comfort levels of teachers' and students' when addressing social justice topics in the classroom that can generally be uncomfortable. The lessons contained whole class readings and discussions of multicultural children's literature on differences and similarities with a narrowing focus to skin color, discussions of fairness and learning what to do when something is unfair, and art-based social justice activities that will reinforce the concepts students will have learned through the readings and discussions. |
| Subject |
Education; Education--Evaluation |
| Keywords |
Social justice; Multicultural education; Art; Literature |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Date |
2019 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s62dcdsh |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
96787 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s62dcdsh |
