Multicultural Children

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Multicultural Childrens Literature

• Through The Eyes Of Many Children
• Donna E. Norton

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Native American Literature

• Traditional
• Historic
• Poetry

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Traditional Literature

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

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Historical Literature

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

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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.

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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

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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.