ED 340 - Global Consciousness through Children’s Literature

Students develop skills in teaching using a literature based approach to teaching in the content areas. Students read 50-75 pieces of historical and/or multicultural children’s literature and develop highly motivating units based on the Wiggins and McTigue model of understanding by design. This course incorporates the standards of both the English and Social Studies Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in the interactive units.

(Cr: 3)