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Rethinking Our Classrooms Two Volume Set
Edited By Bill Bigelow, Stan Karp, Wayne Au
Table of ContentsBuy the combined set of the first and second volumes of this groundbreaking series for only $24.95.
Packed with useful teaching ideas for kindergarten through college, this two-volume set is a great resource for new and veteran teachers, and is widely used in teacher education and staff development programs.
Volume 1 features some of the best classroom writing we’ve published. Essays cover:
- Science and environmental education
- Immigration and language
- Military recruitment
- Early childhood education
- Gay and lesbian issues.
Learn more about Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume 1.
Volume 2 is loaded with essential articles, curriculum ideas, lesson plans and other resources grounded in the realities of the classroom.
It is an invaluable tool for educators striving to promote social justice and high-quality student learning.
Learn more about Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume 2.
Praise for Volume 1:
“Terrific! A dynamite collection packed with moral energy, but also very, very useful. Even more powerful, with even richer material, than the original edition. Buy hundreds of copies for your students, fellow teachers, and principals. Give some to your school board members. This is political pedagogy of the gutsy kind we almost never see these days.”
—Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities and The Shame of the Nation
“A treasure trove of insights, creative activities, and valuable resources for the critical classroom, Rethinking Our Classrooms will help teachers wrestle with many of the issues we face in this new millennium from racism and gender identity to immigration phobia, global warming and the testing craze. Inspired stories of real-life classrooms make this new edition of Rethinking Our Classrooms better than ever!”
—Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Praise for Volume 2:
"A vital, useful, and empowering anthology of some of the best stuff about schools I have read in 30 years. I hope it reaches the vast audience it deserves."
—Jonathan Kozol, author of Ordinary Resurrections and Savage Inequalities.
"With Volume 2, Rethinking Schools continues its bold, unflinching confrontation of vital school issues and actions. Honest and clear treatments by great authors go to the core of matters of equality and justice. Rethinking Schools continues to set the standard for advocacy for our children."
—Asa G. Hilliard III - Nana Baffour Amankwatia II, Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Urban Education
Volume 1 - New Edition!
Introduction: Creating Classrooms for Equity and
Social Justice x
Part One: Points of Departure
“Lions” 2
By Langston Hughes
Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us: Critiquing
Cartoons and Society 3
By Linda Christensen
Rethinking ‘The Three Little Pigs’ 8
By Ellen Wolpert
10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for
Racism and Sexism 10
By the Council on Interracial Books for Children
Celebrating the Joy in Daily Events 12
By Linda Christensen
“Ode to My Socks • Oda a los calcetines” 13
By Pablo Neruda
Taking Multicultural, Anti-Racist Education
Seriously 15
An interview with Enid Lee
“My Hair Is Long” 18
By Loyen Redhawk Gali
Part Two: Rethinking My Classroom
Race and Respect Among Young Children 20
By Rita Tenorio
Holding Nyla: Lessons from an Inclusion
Classroom 25
By Katie Kissinger
Teaching for Social Justice: One Teacher’s Journey 28
By Bob Peterson
Songs That Promote Justice 33
By Bob Peterson
“Forgiving My Father” 35
By Justin Morris
Playing with Gender: Lessons from an Early
Childhood Center 36
By Ann Pelo
The Challenge of Classroom Discipline 41
By Bob Peterson
Helping Students Deal with Anger 43
By Kelley Dawson Salas
Building Community from Chaos 47
By Linda Christensen
Discipline: No Quick Fix 53
By Linda Christensen
“Honeybees” 55
By Paul Fleischman
Teaching About Global Warming in Truck Country 57
By Jana Dean
Students Use Math to Confront Overcrowding 63
By Erin E. Turner and Beatriz T. Font Strawhun
Getting Off the Track: Stories from an Untracked Classroom 68
By Bill Bigelow
“what the mirror said” 76
By Lucille Clifton
Part Three: Teaching Ideas
Using Pictures to Combat Bias 78
By Ellen Wolpert
My Mom’s Job Is Important 80
By Matt Witt
Father Was a Musician 83
By Dyan Watson
There’s More to Heroes Than He-Man 84
By Marcie Osinsky
The Military Recruitment Minefield 85
By Bill Bigelow
Coping with TV: Some Lesson Ideas 93
By Bob Peterson
What Do We Say When We Hear ‘Faggot’? 95
By Leonore Gordon
Learning from Worms 97
By Rachel Cloues
The Organic Goodie Simulation 100
By Bill Bigelow and Norm Diamond
World Poverty and World Resources 103
By Susan Hersh and Bob Peterson
Math, SATs, and Racial Profiling 106
By Eric Gutstein
The Day Sondra Took Over: Helping Students
Become Self-Directed 109
By Cynthia M. Ellwood
Little Things Are Big 113
By Jesús Colón
Haiku and Hiroshima: Teaching About the Atomic
Bomb 114
By Wayne Au
Students as Textbook Detectives: An Exercise in
Uncovering Bias 116
By Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson
What Can Teachers Do About Sexual Harassment? 118
By Ellen Bravo and Larry Miller
Flirting vs. Sexual Harassment: Teaching the
Difference 121
By Nan Stein and Lisa Sjostrom
Celebrating the Student’s Voice 124
By Linda Christensen
“Rayford’s Song” 125
By Lawson Inada
Promoting Social ImaginationThrough Interior Monologues 126
By Bill Bigelow and Linda Christensen
“Two Women” 128
Anonymous
Role Plays: Show, Don’t Tell 130
By Bill Bigelow
Testing, Tracking, and Toeing the Line: A Role Play
on the Origins of the Modern High School 133
By Bill Bigelow
‘Salt of the Earth’ Grounds Students in Hope 141
By S. J. Childs
“The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.” 144
By Nikki Giovanni
Part Four: Rethinking Our Assumptions
My Dirty Little Secret: Why I Don’t Grade Papers 146
By Linda Christensen
Expectations and ‘At-Risk’ Children: One Teacher’s Perspective 151
By L. C. Clark
Teachers and Cultural Styles 152
By Asa G. Hilliard III
Teaching Standard English: Whose Standard? 154
by Linda Christensen
Seeing Color 158
By Lisa Delpit
When Small Is Beautiful 161
An interview with Héctor Calderón
I Won’t Learn from You! Confronting Student
Resistance 165
By Herbert Kohl
Food Is Not for Play 167
By Jean Hannon
The Politics of Children’s Literature: What’s Wrong
with the Rosa Parks Myth 168
By Herbert Kohl
“In Memory of Crossing the Columbia” 172
By Elizabeth Woody
Heather’s Moms Got Married: Creating a Gay- and Lesbian-Friendly Classroom 173
By Mary Cowhey
Thoughts on Teaching Native American Literature 175
By Joseph Bruchac
Why Students Should Study History 179
An interview with Howard Zinn
History Book Resources 182
By Howard Zinn
“To the Young Who Want to Die” 186
By Gwendolyn Brooks
Part Five: Beyond the Classroom
Why We Need to Go Beyond the Classroom 188
By Stan Karp
“Rebellion Against the North Side” 194
By Naomi Shihab Nye
Teachers Teaching Teachers 195
By Linda Christensen
Equity Claims for NCLB Don’t Pass the Test 200
By Stan Karp
Why Standardized Tests Are Bad 203
By Terry Meier
“Lineage” 205
By Margaret Walker
Students Mobilize for Immigrant Rights 206
By Ryan Knudson and Al Levie
Part Six: Resources
Poetry Teaching Guide 212
By Linda Christensen
Videos 215
By Bill Bigelow and Linda Christensen
Video Teaching Strategies 216
By Bill Bigelow and Linda Christensen
Books for Young People 219
Curricula and Teaching Resources 224
Periodicals 228
Organizations 229
Poetry Credits 231
Index 232
Volume 2:
Introduction — 1
The Power of Words — 5
The Power of Words
Where I'm From: Inviting Students' Lives into the Classroom — 6
by Linda Christensen
"Where I'm From" — 6
by George Ella Lyon
"I Am From Soul Food and Harriet Tubman" — 8
by Lealonni Blake
"I Am From Pink Tights and Speak Your Mind" — 9
by Djamila Moore
"I Am From . . ." — 10
by Oretha Storey
"I Am From Swingsets and Jungle Gyms" — 10
by Debby Gordon
An International Proverbs Project — 11
by Jim Cummins and Dennis Sayers
"Race" — 15
by Cang Dao
For My People — 16
by Linda Christensen
What Color Is Beautiful? — 18
by Alejandro Segura-Mora
Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction — 22
by Lisa Delpit
Exploring Black Cultural Issues — 27
by Bakari Chavanu
"Ode to Writing" — 31
by Jessica Rawlins
"I am Proud to Be Bilingual" — 32
by Monica Thao
The Power of the Past
Unsung Heroes — 34
by Howard Zinn
Teaching About Unsung Heroes — 37
by Bill Bigelow
Discovering the Truth about Helen Keller — 42
by James Loewen
On the Road to Cultural Bias — 45
by Bill Bigelow
Fiction Posing as Truth — 57
by Debbie Reese, et al.
Rethinking the U.S. Constitutional Convention: A Role Play — 63
by Bob Peterson
A New U.S. Bill of Rights — 70
by Larry Miller
"Waiting at the Railroad Cafe" — 72
by Janet Wong
A Lesson on the Japanese-American Internment — 73
by Mark Sweeting
"In Response to Executive Order 9066" — 75
by Dwight Okita
What the Tour Guide Didn't Tell Me — 76
by Wayne Au
The Power of Critique
Ten Chairs of Inequality — 82
by Polly Kellogg
Teaching Math Across the Curriculum — 84
by Bob Peterson
Percent as a Tool for Social Justice — 89
by Bob Peterson
The Human Lives Behind the Labels — 91
by Bill Bigelow
"The Stitching Shed" — 100
by Tho Dong
Bias and CD-ROM Encyclopedias — 101
by Bob Peterson
Where's the 'R' Word? — 105
by Bob Peterson
Girls, Worms, and Body Image — 107
by Kate Lyman
Math, Maps, and Misrepresentation — 112
by Eric Gutstein
The Power of Social Action
"We Had Set Ourselves Free" — 116
by Doug Sherman
From Snarling Dogs to Bloody Sunday — 119
by Kate Lyman
Mississippi Freedom Schools — 126
by David Levine
Improvs and Civil Rights — 134
by Bill Bigelow
The Poetry of Protest — 135
by Linda Christensen
"Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits" — 136
by Martín Espada
A Bill of Rights for Girls — 138
by Mary Blalock
The Trial — 140
by Kate Lyman
Students Blow the Whistle on Toxic Oil Contamination — 144
by Larry Miller and Danah Opland-Dobs
"Garbage" — 146
by Bill Steele, Mike Agranoff, and Pete Seeger
AIDS — "You Can Die From It" — 149
by Kate Lyman
"at the cemetery, walnut grove plantation, south carolina, 1989" — 154
by Lucille Clifton
Rethinking School Culture
When Things Turn Ugly — 156
by Donn Harris
Rethinking Discipline — 160
by Jehanne Helena Beaton
Creating Classroom Community — 163
by Beverly Braxton
A Mother Speaks Out — 167
by Leslie Sadasivan
Teaching the Whole Story — 168
by Kate Lyman
Playing Favorites — 176
by Mara Sapon-Shevin
Black Teachers on Teaching — 181
by Michele Foster
School System Shock — 186
by Melony Swasey
Arranged Marriages, Rearranged Ideas — 188
by Stan Karp
Out Front — 194
by Annie Johnston
Staying Past Wednesday — 199
by Kate Lyman
"Earth's Last Cry" — 202
by Rachel M. Knudsen
Rethinking Assessment
Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools — 204
by the Editors of Rethinking Schools
Basketball and Portfolios — 207
by Linda Christensen
One Size Fits Few — 211
by Susan Ohanian
Tracking and the Project Method — 214
by Bob Peterson
Motivating Students to do Quality Work — 219
by Bob Peterson
Resources — 225
Poetry Teaching Guide — 240
by Linda Christensen
Index — 242
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Rethinking Our Classrooms Two Volume Set
ISBN: 9780942961379
Publication date: 02/12/2007
$24.95
$19.95