Lesson 6.5 Literacy: What Matters and Why?
- Worksheet 1, Part 1: What variables are related to literacy?
- Worksheet 2: Sorting Books
- Worksheet 3: Research
- Worksheet 4: Exploring Our Library
- Student Resource: Data Sources
- Teacher Resource: Literacy Strategies
- Article & Audio, As Demographics Shift, Kids' Books Stay Stubbornly White
- Video, The Danger of a Single Story (Ted Talk)
- Article, Teachers Make Handy Scapegoats, But Spiraling Inequality Is Really What Ails Our Education System
- Article, 11 facts about literacy in America.
- Article, Reading for life: The poverty/illiteracy connection.
- PDF, SAT Bronx: Do You Know What Bronx Kids Know?
- Chart, Children's Books By and About People of Color and First/Native Nations