Shelly Kay Unsicker-Durham
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@LiteracyRocks
Teacher extraordinaire and PhD candidate, passionate about spreading literacy, sound pedagogy, social justice, and truth!
On this #ViewfromMonday, let's hear from five outstanding classroom teachers as they discuss Ashley Dallacqua’s “Reading When the World Is on Fire: Teaching with Comics and Other Multimodal Text Sets” from Issue 6.1. (1/2) @ncte_elate @ALANorg journals.shareok.org/studyandscruti…
For #AViewfromMonday check out these reviews with rationales for four challenged trade books, deserving of a place in our libraries, classrooms, and in the hands of our students: (1/2) @ncte_elate @ALANorg journals.shareok.org/studyandscruti…
Check out this unique approach dubbed, “Conversation through Poem,” exploring the lived experiences of researcher/father @zurquhart and daughter, an avid reader of frequently labeled controversial and banned in schools and libraries. @ncte_elate @ALANorg journals.shareok.org/studyandscruti…
🧵11/12: If you take any one thing from all the recent talk re: action & advocacy, let it be this: ... The next time you're able & every time after, vote. For intellectual freedom, for your fellow & future humans, vote ... like it's always #BannedBooksWeek & we can do it better.
Thinking about researching the crazy rise in censorship? Wondering where to begin or what resources to might help? @watersenglish & @LiteracyRocks have curated two annotated bibliographies filled studies and resources. @ncte_elate @ALANorg journals.shareok.org/studyandscruti…
#AViewfromMonday / @terrisuico provides an in-depth review for three of Scales’ books with brilliant summaries, as well as insight regarding their value for educators and librarians given the current issues surrounding censorship. @ncte_elate @ALANorg journals.shareok.org/studyandscruti…
Let's consider the work of @LaraSearcy112 and her coauthors. "During a time when legislation stands in opposition to principles of academic freedom, educators need tools to make their classroom a place that is inclusive." @ncte_elate @ALANorg journals.shareok.org/studyandscruti… (1/2)
On this #ResearchThursday let's look at how @MegVanDev's guides preservice English teachers in navigating the political terrain of censorship while advocating for "the inclusion of diverse YAL in their school communities." @ncte_elate @ALANorg journals.shareok.org/studyandscruti…
#ResearchThursday is a great day to consider a critical study focused on the narrative of deficit that often surrounds characters who have mental illness in young adult literary novels (YAL) by @ElsieOlan and @kiajanerichmond. @ncte_elate @ALANorg journals.shareok.org/studyandscruti…
