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Crossing Selma's Bridge: Integrating Visual Discovery Strategy and Young Adult Literature to Promote Dialogue and Understanding

Authors: Steven T. Bickmore (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) , Gretchen Rumohr-Voskuil (Aquinas College - Grand Rapids) , Paul Binford (Mississippi State Univeristy)

  • Crossing Selma's Bridge: Integrating Visual Discovery Strategy and Young Adult Literature to Promote Dialogue and Understanding

    Practitioner Perspective

    Crossing Selma's Bridge: Integrating Visual Discovery Strategy and Young Adult Literature to Promote Dialogue and Understanding

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Abstract

Urban communities, separated by race and class, experience a disproportionate number of gun deaths, police shootings, crime, violent and nonviolent protests, as well as disparities in housing, education, and employment. These discussions are visual and textual, appearing in both traditional and social media outlets. How do adolescents read and make sense of these images? We discuss integrating a Social Studies practice, Visual Discovery Strategy, with Young Adult Literature to provide students with the skills to both critique images from the events in their lives and produce responses through both traditional and digital methods.

Keywords: young adult literature, visual discovery, cross curriculum, interdisciplinary curriculum, social studies, English Language Arts, social justice

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2017-12-30

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