Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ570160
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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The Anansi Connection.
Carger, Chris Liska
Educational Leadership, v56 n1 p76-79 Sep 1998
Describes a teacher educator's efforts to connect children's literature, sponsored by a partnership between Northern Illinois University and Chicago Public Schools. In one project, student teachers used award-winning picture books to inspire African-American eighth graders to create pastels on black paper. In another, regional folk tales inspired Hispanic students to create mosaics and painted animal sculptures. (MLH)
Descriptors: Black Students, Childrens Art, Childrens Literature, College School Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, Folk Culture, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Junior High Schools, Multicultural Education, Picture Books, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Development, Student Teachers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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