Bibliography


 * Annotated Bibliography**

Braga, B. (Creator), Goyer, David S. (Creator) (2009, November 19). //Believe// [Television Series Episode]. Nankin, M. (Director), //FlashForward.// USA: Phantom Four. FlashForward was a television series that aired in 2009 and 2010. The series showed several people from different walks of life and different cultures as they deal with a paranormal event that has allowed them to see their own lives in the future. Some of the episodes involve a young Japanese girl, who experiences events similar to the one presented in Scenario 2 of the opening activity.

Brooks, James L. (Producer/Writer/Director), Sakai, R. (Producer), Ansell, J. (Producer) (2004). //Spanglish//. USA: Columbia Pictures. The movie Spanglish was the first of its kind to show the clash of cultures between upper middle class white society and (illegal) immigrant families from Mexico. The movie highlights the different belief systems found in these two cultures and how sometimes a person’s intention can be misconstrued due to lack of multicultural awareness and sensitivity.

Carlson, Lori Marie (2005). //Red hot salsa.// New York: Henry Holt and Company. A collection of bilingual poems celebrating the experience of being young and Latino in the United States. These poets tell us who they are, where they are and what their hopes are for the future.

Danny Maas Emerging Technologies, AISI Consultant. (2010). //How to make a triorma.// Retrieved April 23, 2011 from []. This page is a direct link to instructions on how to create a triorama.

De la Peña, M. (2008). //Mexican whiteboy.// New York: Random House. Danny is half Mexican and half Caucasian, or half brown, half white, depending on how you look at it. He plays baseball and attends private school. He believes that it is because of his light(er) skin that his father returns to Mexico. Danny decides to find out who he is by spending the summer with his dad’s family in San Diego County.

Donelson, Kenneth L. and Nilsen, Alleen P. (2009). //Literature for today’s young adults.// Pearson. Literature for today’s young adults is a text book outlining young adults, the history of young adult books, deferent genres of adolescent literature, evaluating and promoting books, and thematic units.

Ed Change. //Multicultural awareness quiz.// Retrieved April 22, 2011 from http://www.edchange.org/projects.html. Edchange.org was founded by a group of mainly university professors to promote changes in our educational system that include a stronger awareness of multiculturalism. The website includes information about trainings, assessments, philosophy, and projects. Under the projects tab is where a multicultural awareness quiz can be taken that will not only raise concern among students, but teachers as well.

Ed Change. (2010). //Race and Racism Songs.// Retrieved April 22. 2011 from []. This page is in connection with EdChange.org, but on the multicultural index of the Edchange.org website there are many links to multicultural material including examples of poetry and song lyrics found in the Social Justice Song Index.

Hill, B. (Director/Writer), De la Peña, M. (Writer) (2008). //Ball don’t lie//. USA: Night and Day Pictures. This movie is based off of Matt de la Peña’s book of the same name. It tells the story of Sticky Boucher, a basketball star, but also a teen left scared from his childhood and life in the foster care system. Yet another winner by De la Peña that speaks to the journey all young adolescents face when discovering who they are.

Guest,A.E.(n.d.). Myself. Retrieved from []. A classic poem that has inspired many as they make decisions about their lives and who they want to become.

Jones, T. (2006). //Standing against the wind//. New York: Square Fish. Patrice has just moved from her grandma’s house in Georgia to her Aunt Mae’s house in the Chicago projects. Her mother is in jail and she is trying to find her identity. Her principal asked her to fill out an application to be considered into an all-African American Academy for a scholarship. There is only one problem; she has to get a parental signature on the application. Will she be able to get it? She also becomes really good friends with Monty who is one of her class-mates. He becomes her protector from the other classmates who are bullying her.

Muñoz Ryan, P. (2002). //Esperanza rising.// New York: Scholastic Esperanza rising is the story of a Mexican girl who, after tragic events in her country is forced to flee to the United States and work as a migrant farm worker. Esperanza was well-to-do in Mexico and is disillusioned about her new lot in life. She is even ridiculed by other workers for her previous high class status. Esperanza is one multicultural character who has to look inside herself to find out who she should be.

Paschen, Elise, and Dominique Raccah. (2010). //Poetry Speaks Who I Am//. Naperville, IL: Jabberwocky. This collection is part of the Poetry Speaks collection. It contains more than 100 poems abut who you are, and who you are becoming. Selections are written by well known authors, as well as newcomers, classic poetry and contemporary. Selections in who you are include poetry from a variety of cultures and perspectives. This book is geared for the middle school reader, and is a great addition to the poetry collection.

Pratchett, T. (2008). //Nation//. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. A boy from an island who was becoming a man returns home to his island to find a way has killed everyone he's ever known, and discovers a girl from England shipwrecked on his island. Both struggle to find their way in the world, and their identities as emerging adults without the aid of the adults they were counting on to help them understand their adult responsibilities. They also begin to question what they were taught now that they have lost the societies they belonged to. They question gender roles, spiritual beliefs, beliefs about the structure of the world, and their own limitations, and emerge to be leaders of the ragtag group of people that come seeking the island in the aftermath of the tsunami.

Praveen. //Looking back at you//. Retrieved on April 22, 2011 from : [] This is a poem that talks about treating people how you want to be treated. "The Golden Rule"

Rubistar For Teachers. //Rubric for Oral Presentations.// Created on April 24, 2011 from []. This is a website that helps teachers create rubrics to assess their students.

Testa, Maria. (2005). //Something about America//. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press. This story told in poem explores the experience of a young girl's immigration experience due to war in her home country of Kosova. She uses free verse to tell how she assimilates into America, and how her parents struggle. This is an interesting story that raises questions, and awareness, about an amazing group of people.

Thorpe, H. (2011). //Just like us.// New York: Scribner. Just like us is a non-fiction work written by Helen Thorpe, Governor Hickenlooper’s wife. The book follows the lives of four young adolescent Latina girls as they graduate from high school and apply for college. The story then describes their coming of age in the United States, which is home to all four girls even though two are legal citizens and two are not. This book was the inspiration for the first scenario in the opening activity.

Walker, J. (Producer), & Bird, B. (Director). (2004). //The Incredibles// [Motion picture]. USA: Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios. A family with superhero powers is pulled into the fight of their lives. Each is searching to find their place in the world, either wanting to relive their glory days, getting up the courage to talk to the cute guy in their class, or struggling with being bored in class. Their adventures pit them against the enemy, and their own preconceived notions of what they are each capable of, and what their family means to them. By the end of the movie, each has found their own way of accepting who they are, how they fit in the world, and what they have to give.