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Assignment Sheet – Culture Research Project

 

Culture Research Project - A.3.3

 

The goals of this assignment are to recognize that traditional literature has both the potential to educate or to perpetuate stereotypes about cultures, to use criteria to select culturally authentic titles for collection development, and to prepare ourselves to judge the potential impact of this genre on storytellers, story listeners, and readers.

 

From the syllabus: You will read a selection of traditional literature from one particular culture. If possible, you will read variants of at least one story published in the U. S. and compare it in print and illustration with that same (or a similar) story published abroad. You will follow a lesson plan written for middle school students in order to deepen your connections and understanding of one of the stories from your bibliography. You will conduct research on the culture in general during the time period in which at least one of these stories originated and author five to eight book reviews based on criteria for cultural authenticity. Your online book review bibliography will be linked to the course wiki. You may, but are not required, to choose one of these folktales, myths, or legends for A.3.4 - Traditional Storytelling Project.

 

Note: Folktales are found in the 398.2 section of the Dewey-organized library. Myths and legends are found in the 290s.

  

Note: The sample lesson plan portion of this assignment serves as a model for A.4.2 – Collaborative Unit/Programming Plan Project.

 

Use these criteria from Charlotte Huck’s Children’s Literature (2007) to evaluate each title you select for review:

  1. Is there some mention or citation of the original source for this tale?
  2. Is the plot simple and direct?
  3. Is the language lively and engaging and in keeping with the oral tradition?
  4. Does a theme emerge from the telling of the tale? If so, what is the story’s message or moral?
  5. Do illustrations add to and extend the story? Are illustrations and details true to the culture represented? (281).
     

Objectives

At the end of this project, students will be able to:

  1. identify and select folktales from one particular culture or country;
  2. make personal connections to at least one story/book by comparing the culture represented to her/his own culture;
  3. conduct research on one story or on that particular culture or country;
  4. analyze a selection of books for cultural authenticity based on certain criteria;
  5. compare one or more folktales published in the U. S. with one or more published in its original country (optional);
  6. consult children’s and young adult literature review sources to confirm the cultural authenticity or other aspects of each title;
  7. compose five to eight critical book reviews that include evaluation of both the print and illustration and discuss cultural authenticity in these works;
  8. Optional: Prepare one of these folktales, myths, or legends for A.3.4 – Traditional Storytelling Project.
      

IMPORTANT – Book Review Sources:

These are some reliable book review sources for children’s and young adult literature: Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Multicultural Review, and School Library Journal.

 

I consult these reviews via the Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) Database. One challenge is that many reviews do not address the issue of cultural authenticity.

 

Comprehensive reviews found at WOW (Worlds of Worlds) Review do so, but this review source is in the early stages of development and does not yet include numerous reviews. Link to WOW and use the search feature on the right to search WOW Reviewhttp://wowlit.org/

 

If you have done a thorough search and cannot find a review source (or more than one source), please note that in your book review as per my example: Chinese Folk Tales (II). If you do not include such a notation in your review, you will lose points for not citing your review sources.


Steps 4 Success:

 

Module 2.4

  1. Begin this individual assignment in Module 2.4.
  2. Select a culture or country to which you have a strong connection.
  3. Review the A.3.3 Rubric - Culture Research Project.
  4. Create a wiki page for your critical book reviews. Name the page based on the culture or country from which your books will come. Example: Chinese_Folktales
  5. Go to Module 3.1 and download R.3.1 - Lesson Plan for LS5633.  Go to the Web Extras site for Chapter 3 resources from Coteaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in Secondary School Libraries: Maximizing Your Impact and download 3.1 – Teacher Resource – Completed Background Knowledge Category Matrix, 3.1 – Teacher Resource – Exit Slip, and 3.1 – Mentor Text Example “The Great Deed of Li Ji” (.pdf file).
  6. As you read through the lesson, notice how a classroom teacher and school librarian coteach this lesson. Review the graphic organizers that accompany this lesson and the culture research at the end of “The Great Deed of Li Ji.”
  7. Select and begin to read a text set of folktales (from your ONE chosen culture or country).
  8. If possible, find one of these titles published in the country of origin and compare this text, both in print and illustration, with one published in the U.S. (Please see the Literature Resources on the course wiki for support: http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Literature_Resources).
  9. Use the criteria above to evaluate these texts for cultural authenticity.
  10. Compose an introduction to your text set that explains why you have chosen this culture, ethnic group, or country for your study. Post it to your wiki page.  OPTION: If you have a children's literature blog from LS5603, you may post your introduction and book reviews to that blog.

 

Module 3.1

  1. Choose one of the books in your text set, and complete 3.1 - Text-to-Self Background Knowledge Category Matrix and 3.1 Exit Slip (from the sample lesson above. Download them from the ALA Editions Web Extras Web Site).
  2. Conduct (brief) research about the culture or country, or about one story on which you want to focus. Use the research (author’s note) at the end of 3.1 – Mentor Text Example (“Great Deed of Li Ji”) as a guide.
  3. Compose a brief summary of your research. Cite your sources using MLA (or Chicago-Author Date) format.
  4. Create, post, and cite a logo for your wiki page that reflects the culture, ethnic group, or country you are studying.

 

Module 3.2

  1. Consult children’s and young adult literature review sources to evaluate the cultural authenticity or other aspects of each title you select to review.
  2. Compose five to eight critical book reviews that discuss the cultural authenticity of these books in both print and illustration.
  3. Review the attached Most Common Errors document and edit your work accordingly. 
  4. View this Jing screen capture video of how to create a Works Cited/Works Consulted with hanging indents: Jing_demo_hanging_indent.swf
  5. Post your book reviews to your wiki page. Use the example to guide your work: http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Chinese_Folktales OPTION: If you have a children's literature blog from LS5603, you may post your book reviews to that blog.
  6. Illustrate your wiki (or blog) page with book covers. (Be sure to size these images so your display is neat and professional. You can put your book jackets, bibliographic information, and book reviews in tables as I have done in the example.)
  7. Revisit your introduction. Is there anything you would like to add? (If you choose the blog posting option, your first post will be your introduction.)
  8. Use the Most Common Errors (.doc) to check your bibliographic format.  
  9. Use the Assignment Tool in A.3.3 Rubric to turn in your completed 3.1 Background Knowledge Category Matrix, 3.1 Exit Slip, and the A.3.3 Rubric with the top portion completed. IMPORTANT: Copy and paste your Culture Research Summary and Works Cited at the end of the A.3.3 Rubric.

 

Note: You can turn in more than one attachment via the Assignment Tool. Before you hit submit, click on browse to add another document. Continue to do so until all of your documents have been added. Then hit "Submit."

 

Assessing and Turning in Your Work:

  • Use the A.3.3 Rubric to self-assess your work.
  • Turn in three documents: your completed 3.1 Background Knowledge Category Matrix, 3.1 Exit Slip, and the A.3.3 Rubric via the BB A.3.3 Assignment Tool using the following file naming conventions:

 

File Name: Last Name_Category_Matrix_3.1

Example: Moreillon_Category_Matrix_3.1

 

File Name: Last Name_Exit_Slip_3.1

Example: Moreillon_Exit_Slip_3.1 

 

File Name: Last Name_Culture_Research_Rubric_3.3

Example: Moreillon_Culture_Research_Rubric_A.3.3

 

Assignment Resources:

 

A.3.3 Most Common Errors - (.doc)

 

Rubric A.3.3 - (.doc)

 

A.3.3 Assignment Sheet - (.pdf file)

 

Work Cited

Kiefer, Barbara Zulandt, Susan Ingrid. Hepler, Janet Hickman, and Charlotte S. Huck. Charlotte Huck's Children's Literature. 9th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2007. Print.

 

 

Turning in Your Rubric:

  • Go to Blackboard.
  • Click on Module 3.
  • Scroll down to A.3.3 Culture Research.
  • Open and browse to attach your rubric file.
  • Click submit.

 

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