Analyzing Children’s Books
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Using “Ten Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Racism and Sexism,” select a piece of children’s literature, young adult literature, informational article, or textbook from the library or your own collection to evaluate for bias.
In 250-500 words, conduct a text analysis using the 10 guidelines mentioned in the article to identify bias in your selected material. After you complete the analysis, in 250-500 words describe where you think the text falls on the Cultural Competence Continuum and why. Submit both written portions as one assignment.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
The details of the assignment and the rubric are all of the materials needed to complete this assignment. You can choose any children’s book, however, the book “The One and Only Ivan” is a very good one. It is short and easy to read.
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Analyzing Children’s Books
There are several strategies that were discussed in class that can help an individual analyze children’s books for racism and sexism. The aim of these strategies is to ensure that children do not read books that create stereotypes and misguided conceptions of racism and sexism. These strategies include checking the author’s perspective, looking at the illustrations, watching for loaded words, checking the storyline, looking at the lifestyles, weighing the relationships among the people, noting the heroes, looking at the copyright date, taking into consideration the cultural and historical perspective of the material that is to be read by a child, and considering the effects on a child’s self-image (Vaughn, 2014).
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