Date Approved
5-11-2009
Embargo Period
3-18-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in School and Public Librarianship
Department
Special Educational Services/Instruction
College
College of Education
Advisor
Shontz, Marilyn
Subject(s)
African American authors; Multiculturalism in literature
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to incorporate one author's work of multicultural literature to determine its significance in other subject areas within the New Jersey Core Curriculum exclusive of Language Arts/Literacy curriculum. It was to provide media specialists and classroom teachers with integral skills, concepts and ideas found in multicultural literature. The study used one author study, Virginia Hamilton, and one culture, African American in its evaluation within the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. The study showed that readability level of the selected works by Virginia Hamilton was excellent for students in grades four through six. Also, it was concluded that New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards that were found and evaluated within these works directly correlated to grades four through six as well.
Recommended Citation
Raines-Sapp, Carol Lynn, "Using author studies to incorporate multicultural literature across the New Jersey core curriculum" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 660.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/660
