Sharing our Diversity and Unity

•Used historically to describe masterpieces of Western European Literature•Now used to describe works written by international authors about international countries/cultures

Anything written about a person or group of persons who is/are outside the dominant power structure of a country or region.

Includes people:

•of different color•of different religions•with different ethnic backgrounds•with developmental or physical disabilities•who define themselves as GLBTQ•from a geographically isolated area•of socioeconomically deprived background

Common Core:

Students who are College and Career Ready in Reading… - “actively seek to understand other perspectives and cultures through reading”*

and “…reading … works of literature representative of

a variety of periods, cultures and worldviews, students can vicariously inhabit worlds and have experiences much different than their own”.*

* "Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical

Subjects." Common Core State Standards Initiative. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf>. p. 7

•Groves History – going beyond the dead white men’s canon•Summer reading for 9th and 11th grade students•Choice reading:•Multicultural during To Kill a Mockingbird •World literature for The Kite Runner unit

•Multicultural and Holocaust literature courses

9th grade