Teaching Tough Topics
by Larry Swartz
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Larry Swartz
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| Publisher | Pembroke Publishers |
| Publication | Feb 06, 2020 |
| Format | Paperback/Softback |
| ISBN | 978-1551383415 |
| Pages | 144 |
| Dimensions | 8.38 x 10.88 x 0.34 in |
| Age | Adult 18+ |
| Price | $19.90 |
Teaching Tough Topics
Teaching Tough Topics shows teachers how to lead students to become caring citizens as they read and respond to quality children’s literature. It focuses on topics that can be challenging or sensitive, yet are significant in order to build understanding of social justice, diversity, and equity. Racism, Homophobia, Bullying, Religious Intolerance, Poverty, and Physical and Mental Challenges are just some of the themes explored. The book is rooted in the belief that by using picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction, teachers can enrich learning with compassion and empathy as students make connections to texts, to others, and to the world.
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Larry Swartz
Larry Swartz has been an instructor in literacy as well as dramatic arts at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto for 18 years. He has been an educator for 4 decades and is well-known for his use of children’s literature to help young people grow as readers, writers and citizens of the world.
As a classroom teacher, consultant, author and speaker, Larry has shared his enthusiasm and expertise with teachers, administrators, teacher-librarians and parents throughout Canada, the United States and Asia. Using Children’s Literature, The Arts, Confronting the Bully Issue and Creating Caring Classrooms are some of the educational events important to Larry.
He is the author of several teacher resource publications including:
- Dramathemes (4th edition)
- Creating Caring Classrooms (with Kathleen Gould Lundy)
- “This is a Great Book!” (with Shelley Stagg Peterson)