Case Study #1 – Standards, Alignment, and Curriculum
Assessing Multicultural Literature
1.
Choose a multicultural literature book, article, or poem.
2.
After reading the piece of literature, use information from the IAT quizzes (use the results from
at least two of the assessments you took in Week 1) and complete the checklist for assessing
children’s literature.
Remember to look out for your own implicit biases as you assess the piece
of literature you have chosen.
3.
Find the ELA standard from your state that you would like to teach using the literature you have
chosen.
4.
Find the data for your school, parish, district, etc. that you were asked to find in Week 2.
5.
Complete the Action Plan Template using information from the two bias quizzes you have taken,
the results of the checklist, and the state standard you have chosen.
Part 1:
Name of the book, article, or poem: I am me
_______________________________________________
Author(s): Tristan Towns and Lacy Howard
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Source:
Barnes & Noble____________________________________________
Copyright Date:
November 12, 2020______________
Publisher: Desisso
Publishing
Part 2:
Complete the Checklist for Assessing Children’s Literature (found in the
assignment folder)
Part 3:
Find the ELA standard that you would like to “teach” using the literature you
have chosen.
Complete the section of the Action Plan entitled, Standard.
Part 4:
Using the data you collected from your school, parish, or district, as a frame
of reference, decide if the resource you have chosen is reflective of the
demographics of your classroom, school, parish, or district.
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art 5:
