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Title: Multicultural Children


1
Multicultural Childrens Literature
  • Through The Eyes Of Many Children
  • Donna E. Norton

2
Native American Literature
  • Traditional
  • Historic
  • Poetry

3
Traditional Literature
  • Oral
  • Explanations of creation
  • Origin of their people
  • Natural phenomena's

4
Historical Literature
  • Biographies
  • Discrepancies between adult and childrens
    literature
  • Often explains two major conflicts- conflicts
    over land and conflicts over cultural
    confrontation

5
Poetic Literature
  • Including poetry, song, and chanting
  • Traditional poetry and song explain world
    creation and reasons for being
  • Poetry is often about pride in heritage
  • Can also include the dissatisfaction with todays
    society and woes of reservation life.

6
Choosing A Book
  • Find a book
  • Read it
  • Think about it
  • To your knowledge, is it accurate?
  • Is it too graphic?
  • Look it up online for book reviews and other
    educators comments. Carolhurst.com

7
Books For Young Audiences
  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian-
    Sherman Alexie
  • The Girl Who Married a Ghost and Other Tales from
    the North American Indian Edward S. Curtis

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Work Cited
  • Norton, Donna E. Multicultural Children's
    Literature Through The Eyes Of Many Children.
    Upper Saddle River Merrill Prentice Hall, 2001.
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