Engaging Empathy and Activating Agency: Young Adult Literature as a Catalyst for Action

Alice Hays

doi:10.5771/9781475853667

Summary

This book provides a step-by-step guide for teachers to implement an action-based curriculum, using young adult literature to engage students with contemporary issues. In addition to reading, ELA core standards including speaking and writing are addressed within this curriculum. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of the curriculum: helping students find their passion; guiding them in collaborative group reading of relevant novels; supporting them in researching, writing, and speaking about their topic; and helping them translate their ideas into action within their school and community. The book is set up in such a way that teachers can follow the curriculum from beginning to end—or, if they choose, incorporate only some of the chapters. The author brings the curriculum alive with teacher and student voices about their experiences. The appendix describes contemporary middle school and high school novels that address a variety of social justice topics. Ultimately, the book supports teachers as they inspire their students to examine issues with empathy, research potential solutions, and exercise agency as they take action to help address issues the students are passionate about.

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-5364-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-5366-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 102
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Prologue No access
4. Introduction No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1 No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter 2 No access Pages 17 - 30
Chapter 3 No access Pages 31 - 48
Chapter 4 No access Pages 49 - 64
Chapter 5 No access Pages 65 - 80
Appendix No access Pages 81 - 94
Works Cited No access Pages 95 - 100
About the Author No access Pages 101 - 102