Reading Between the Lines

Kenneth Cushner, Ed. D. is Professor of international and intercultural teacher education at Kent State University, author of numerous textbooks, chapter and articles in the fields of multicultural education and intercultural training, and a Founding Fellow and Past President of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. He also serves as director of the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST). Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is a Professor of Adolescent/Adult Literacy at Kent State University. The American Educational Research Association Narrative and Research SIG awarded her book, Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters, the Outstanding Book Award for 2009.

Introduction-Joanne Kilgour Dowdy

Section 1: Addressing Social Justice through Literacy

Activity #1 Read a Book, Watch a Movie: Exploring the Dynamics of
Social Justice through Literature and Film
Tiffany Powell-Lambright

Activity #2 Using Children’s Literature to Explore Positive Gender Role Models
Michelle J. Sobolak and April A. Mattix

Activity #3 Wearing Your Words: Teaching Language Equity and Appropriateness
Jennifer M. Cunningham

Activity #4 Attitude Check: Students Interpret Texts from Multiple Perspectives
Joanne Kilgour Dowdy

Activity #5 Using Picture Books to Introduce and Extend Student Understanding
of Social Justice
William Bintz

Activity #6 Sing, Dance, Act, Paint or Draw! Active Knowledge through Performance Book Reports
Teresa J. Rishel

Activity #7 Multicultural Literature as a Prompt for Teaching about Social Justice
Claudette Thompson

Activity #8 Can Creative Writing Be Taught?
Mel Glenn

Activity #9 “Pump It Up” Writing Prompt Activity
Joanne Kilgour Dowdy

Activity #10 Sentence Dissection
Andrea Honigsfeld

Activity #11 Teaching Peace Literacy through Literature: A Lesson On Skin
Sandra Golden

Activity #12 Using Reading Logs to Motivate English Language Learners
from Multicultural Backgrounds to Read and Write
Yang Gao

Activity #13 Creating Shared Narratives: Using Language, Conflict and Choice
To Break Down Cross-Cultural Barriers
Gabriel Swarts

Activity #14 Online Autobiographies and Discussions in Global and Multicultural
Teacher Education: A Safe Place to Discuss Culture, Identify, Power, &
Privilege
Brad Maguth and Misato Yamaguchi

Activity #15 Homegrown Heroes and Local Folks: Transdisciplinary Teaching
Opportunities
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell and Leah Katherine Saal…

Section 2: Addressing Social Justice through Co-Curricular Areas

Activity #16 Widen the Lens: Expanding the Occupational Opportunities
for Students With Disabilities
Patrick J. O’Connor

Activity #17 “Box It”: Resources are Limited: Creativity is Unlimited
Davison Mupinga

Activity #18 Giving Voice to the Moving Body Through Pictures and Drawings
Jennifer L. Fisette

Activity #19 Examining Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Within Physical Education
Takahiro Sato and Jennifer L. Fisette

Activity #20 Examining Sports in The Media: What Does the Media Actually Cover in
Sports, and Could it Influence the Learning Environment in My Gymnasium?
Jamie P. Ganz

Activity #21 Boosting Social and Historical Imagination Through Process Drama
Gumiko Monobe

Activity #22 The Personal Collage and Director's Concept Board Exercises for an Introduction to Theatre Class
Yuko Kurahashi

Activity #23 Out in the Field: Transforming Pre-Service Art Educators Through Field
and Other Experiences
Linda Hoeptner Poling and Juliann Dorff

Activity #24 Using Metaphor to Communicate Meaning Through a Visual
Dillon Sedar

Activity #25 Interpreting artworks through the “Question Tableau:” Cultivating Community in the Art Classroom
Eryc M.P. Watson

Activity #26 A Model for Environmental Literacy and Social Justice: Tourism in the Bahamas
Sonya L. Wisdom and Thalia Micklewhite