Children’s & YA Literature

Catalog description

Viewing and teaching human rights through the lens of literature can be powerful. In this course, we will explore how children’s and young adult literature can serve as a tool for analyzing, modeling, encouraging, and disseminating knowledge about human rights. We will focus on themes such as civil rights, equal rights, labor rights, and environmental rights among others. These rights will be examined alongside the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and students will consider questions such as: What are human rights? How is literature a tool for human rights? How can literature teach readers and listeners about their rights, the rights of others, and how to advocate for these rights?