Teaching Asian American Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement through Children's Literature

Autor/inn/en	Reichmuth, Heather L.; Chong, Kyle L.
Titel	Teaching Asian American Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement through Children's Literature
Quelle	In: Social Studies and the Young Learner, 35 (2022) 2, S.11-18 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1056-0300
Schlagwörter	Asian Americans; Stereotypes; Civil Rights; Teaching Methods; United States History; Activism; Racism; Childrens Literature; Korean Americans; Whites; Teacher Educators; Teacher Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Japanese Americans + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Klischee; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Rassismus; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; White; Weißer; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Lehrerverhalten; Elternverhalten
Abstract	Children's literature is a powerful way to engage young learners in understanding the civil rights movement (CRM); yet at the same time, most children's books focused on the CRM often create ahistorical, inaccurate depictions by only focusing on a few key people such as Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King Jr. or events such as the March on Washington. This is problematic as it negates the multiple actors who worked toward racial equality in the U.S. Recently, there have been calls to bring more Asian American voices into the classroom. In this article, the authors who are teacher educators and a white parent of a Korean American (Heather L. Reichmuth) and as a Taiwanese-Japanese American (Kyle L. Chong) share how children's literature can be used to center the contributions of Asian Americans to the ongoing work of civil rights activism while disrupting harmful/racist stereotypes about Asian Americans. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council for the Social Studies. 8555 Sixteenth Street #500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 800-683-0812; Tel: 301-588-1800; Fax: 301-588-2049; e-mail: membership@ncss.org; Web site: http://www.socialstudies.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01