American Indian Children’s Literature

Catalog description

Children’s literature is an essential component when we teach literacy. American Indian children’s literature will be emphasized in this course to allow students to become familiar with the opportunity to incorporate American Indian literature with the state standards for elementary education. The quality of literature with an emphasis on American Indian literature will provide students with instructional materials for literacy education, and content areas that will stress the oral and written Anishinaabeg ways also. This course is designed to help students acquire knowledge of the different genres of children’s literature and develop the ability to evaluate, select and have the opportunity to teach children’s literature in an elementary classroom with an emphasis on multicultural literature specific to the Anishinaabeg. Apply five hours of interactive experience in an elementary classroom.