The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural Literature


		Explore two poems using four approaches.

		Share your views on the discussion board.

The workshop guide shows you how to use The Expanding Canon video programs and materials in face-to-face workshop sessions for professional development.

The guide includes:

Pre- and post-viewing activities and discussion questions
Weekly assignments
Copies of most short literary works featured in the viedo programs
ISBN numbers that can be used to purchase books featured in the video programs

The guide is available here for download as PDF files. You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the files. Adobe Reader is available free for download from adobe.com.

If you are a registered facilitator for the workshop, you will receive a printed copy of these materials via postal mail. If you are registered and have not received these materials, please contact us at channel@learner.org.

	Introduction

	Session 1. (PDF) Reader Response: Pat Mora and James Welch

	Session 2. (PDF) Reader Response: Keith Gilyard and Mourning Dove

	Session 3. (PDF) Inquiry: Rudolfo Anaya and James Baldwin

	Session 4. (PDF) Inquiry: Tomás Rivera and Esmeralda Santiago

	Session 5. (PDF) Cultural Studies: Ishmael Reed and Graciela Limón

	Session 6. (PDF) Cultural Studies: N. Scott Momaday and Russell Leong

	Session 7. (PDF) Critical Pedagogy: Octavia E. Butler and Ruthanne Lum McCunn

	Session 8. (PDF) Critical Pedagogy: Abiodun Oyewole and Lawson Fusao Inada

	Appendix (PDF)

The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural Literature