
Seminar Leader:
H. Gerald Campano Preface:
The human condition is increasingly characterized by mass migration due to war, climate change, neoliberalism, and histories of imperialism. Many people are dispossessed and displaced, and others move for survival and to provide better life opportunities for themselves and their families. This greater flow of people has also been met with a resurgence of nativism and ethnonationalism, but also a dedication to immigrant rights and well-being. One context where these political and social contestations play out is in the school system, where teachers are grappling with what it means to teach to the cultural, linguistic, and experiential pluralism of their student populations. This course investigated migration and human mobility through children’s literature and young adult fiction. It invited participants to develop curriculum that is responsive to the robust diversity of contemporary classrooms in Philadelphia and beyond.
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Unit Title | Author |
2024
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Emma Connolly |
Keywords: Creative Writing, fiction, Fifth-Grade, literacy, podcasts, poetry, upper elementary |
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Matthew Fischetti |
Keywords: AP Spanish Language and Culture, Central America, children’s literature, discrimination, displacement, film, Honduras, IB Spanish, immigration, incarceration, Latin America, migration, militarized global apartheid, Morocco, Music, North Africa, poetry, Spain, Spanish, xenophobia |
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Emma Steinheimer |
Keywords: Borders, Boundaries, children’s literature, Creative Writing, Critical Literacy, cultural identity, fiction, place-based learning, poetry, storytelling, Writing Workshop |
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Jennifer Gallagher |
Keywords: ability, assumptions, communication, Culture, disability, Identity, Immigrant, journey, language, prejudice |
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Katie Miller |
Keywords: cultural capital, English language, English language learners, Identity, Imagery, multilingual, Place, poetry |
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Anna Herman |
Keywords: cuisine, Culture, food culture, food stories, global food, migration, seed stories, supply chain |
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Michelle Jackson |
Keywords: ELA, ELL, fiction books, Literature, LSS, Science, writing |
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Christina D'Emma |
Keywords: Antigone, Drama, drama strategies, effective speaking techniques, ghazal, Greek tragedy, immigration, Informational text, ode, one act play, pastiche, poetry, project based learning, Syrian refugees, U.S.-Mexico border, verse novel |
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Geoffrey Winikur |
Keywords: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Historically Responsive Literacy, Jazz Pedagogy, Postcolonial Literature, Young Adult Fiction |
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Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau |
Keywords: border crossings, daughter of immigrants, literary collage, national identity, poetry, spoken word, women immigrants, women refugees |
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Sondra Gonzalez |
Keywords: cultural storytelling, culturally responsive teaching, English language acquisition immigration experiences, ESOL/ELL education, immigrant student narratives, multilingual learner empowerment |
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