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Rogers, Rebecca; Light, Rebecca; Curtis, LaKena – Journal of Literacy Research, 2004
Integrating funds of knowledge--the resources, processes, and strategies attached to family and community proficiencies--has widely been accepted as a worthwhile pedagogical intervention. In this article, we argue that two of the primary assumptions underlying such interventions have yet to be explored. First, because funds of knowledge are…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Cultural Influences, African American Students, Family Environment
Rich, Emma; Evans, John – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2005
Over the last two decades we have witnessed an emerging set of conditions in schools which render them contexts replete with social messages about the body, health, and self. Research has suggested that both the formal and informal contexts of education are heavily imbued with a "culture of healthism" which places moral obligation and…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, Biographies, Self Concept
Wertsman, Vladimir F. – 1996
This book provides current coverage of the present state of libraries and publishing in the United States and abroad. It has almost 1,000 entries and is divided into two sections. The first section is an alphabetical listing of countries from around the world. Each entry provides data about the political and economic condition of the country,…
Descriptors: Awards, Biographies, Books, Classification
Haskins, James – 1992
This biography for young readers recounts in 10 chapters, the life of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and focuses on his life as a civil rights litigator who played a key role in the integration of education in the United States. Marshall's family history; boyhood and schooling in Baltimore (Maryland) and New York City; decision to attend…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Biographies, Black Community, Blacks
Rudin, Claire, Comp. – 1998
This document describes what reading should be in a Holocaust library for children. Considering the graphic and violent events of the Holocaust, this list of books for children presents the Holocaust in a way that satisfies the need for some gentleness of treatment, while still engaging interest and presenting facts accurately, to provide a list…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Anti Semitism, Biographies
Muse, Daphne, Ed. – 1997
This comprehensive guide to multicultural children's literature features over 1,000 critical and detailed book reviews for pre-school, elementary, and middle school students. The reviews in the guide cover a vast range of picture books, biographies, poetry, anthologies, folktales, and young adult novels, and include synopses, suggestions for…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Biographies, Book Reviews, Childrens Literature
Lamb, Jessica, Ed. – 1992
This set of Oakland Readers consists of four books of oral histories edited on four reading levels. Each book contains life stories told by students in the Second Start Adult Literacy Program. The books are intended for use by tutors and adult students/new readers in adult literacy programs. Life stories of eight students appear in each book. In…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Beginning Reading
Minneapolis Public Schools, MN. – 1979
A biography for the elementary grades of Carl Gawboy (Ojibwe), an American Indian painter, includes photographs of the artist and some of his work. A teacher's guide following the bibilography contains information on watercolor painting and the Ojibwe people, learning objectives and study questions, instructions for doing a watercolor painting and…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Indians, Art Activities, Artists
Elsasser, Nan; And Others – 1980
The life stories of 21 Hispanic women of New Mexico spanning roughly four generations, are recorded in this book. Four sections ("But I Remember,""The Soul of the Home,""Little by Little," and "A Lighted Fire") develop these central themes: the shift from a rural to an urban environment; the struggle to…
Descriptors: Biographies, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Discrimination

Nilsen, Alleen Pace, Ed.; And Others – 1985
The history of Arizona public schooling had a modest beginning in 1864 when the first Territorial Legislature allotted $1,500 to five existing mission schools. The third territorial governor, Anson P. K. Safford, launched a crusade to establish public schools, and by 1877 there were 28. The 1885 Legislature authorized the founding of a Territorial…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Biographies, Black Education, Educational Experience
Stone, Karen; And Others – 1984
Intended to help educators identify materials that offset the influence of sex-biased texts, this bibliography provides an annotated listing of over 550 nonsexist books that have been assessed for bias and reading level. Organized by reading levels for first through twelfth grades, the citations include bibliographic data, annotations, notation of…
Descriptors: Animals, Annotated Bibliographies, Athletics, Behavioral Sciences
Coughlan, Margaret N., Comp. – 1982
The annotated materials contained in this list of children's books for 1981 have been selected for literary merit, usefulness, and enjoyment, and are intended to reflect a year's publishing in a balance between books to be enjoyed for free reading, those for reading aloud, and those recognized as valuable for individualized reading programs or as…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Art, Biographies
Welsh, Barbara, Comp. – 1987
Produced to help Maryland schools and community organizations commemorate National Women's History Month, this resource unit may also be used throughout the year to teach about women's history. Part 1 contains general information about women's contributions to social reform and an overview of the women's rights movement. Part 2 includes…
Descriptors: Biographies, Class Activities, Community Education, Curriculum Enrichment

Social Education, 1985
Each year, the journal "Social Education" contains an annotated bibliography of notable children's trade books in the field of social studies, evaluated and selected by the Book Review Subcommittee of the National Council for the Social Studies-Children's Book Council Joint Committee. This second compilation represents a two-year compilation…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biographies, Childrens Literature, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL. – 1964
Approximately 2000 titles in this annotated bibliography of books (both fiction and nonfiction) for students in grades 9-12 are classified by theme (e.g., "Adventure,""Man and Society,""Space and Time"), geographical setting ("Asia,""The Polar Regions,""Europe") or historical setting ("Biblical Times,""Ancient Greece and Rome"). Books for "the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biographies, Classical Literature, English Instruction