Lit-Soc Studies For Child

Catalog description

Survey of principles, materials, and techniques for the selection and evaluation of children’s literature and social studies materials. Includes exploration of diversity among people, places and power/authority through the lens of cross-cultural literature and integration of a variety of cultural genres. Also includes the history of children’s literature, resources, evaluation, use of appropriate materials which encourage self-awareness of attitudes or stereotypes which favor one group over another, alignment with social studies standards, connections with language development in the early years, and developmentally appropriate practices. This course focuses on young children from birth through eight years of age.