Deck 11: Literature for a Diverse Society

Question 1

Culturally responsive instruction is grounded in making the school experience

A) more challenging for students.
B) less standards-based and test-oriented.
C) more relevant to all students.
D) more multicultural.
E) stronger in literacy and foreign language skills instruction.

Answer 1

more relevant to all students.

Question 2

The cadre of teachers in the U.S. today are

A) predominantly Euro-American and suburban.
B) trained to teach diverse groups of students.
C) predominantly from minority cultures and lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
D) inexperienced at relating with individuals from mainstream cultures.
E) sensitive to the needs of certain ethnic minorities and resistant readers.

Answer 2

predominantly Euro-American and suburban.

Question 3

Culturally responsive teaching strategies as presented in your textbook

A) recognize the need to lower expectations and standards to accommodate all student
Abilities.
B) advocate more individual instruction.
C) advocate more skills instruction for resistant readers and children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
D) emphasize finding reading materials that are relevant to students' lives.

Answer 3

emphasize finding reading materials that are relevant to students' lives.

Question 4

It is important to purposefully expose children to literature that is multicultural and international because (mark ALL that apply)

A) without adult guidance, many children are unlikely to read these books on their own.
B) it helps reduce the likelihood of prejudices against people who are different from
Themselves.
C) it gives a more complete understanding of past events by adding the perspective of disenfranchised groups.
D) it gives young people who are members of marginalized groups a better sense of who they are.

Question 5

The first Caldecott Award winning book to have an African American as the protagonist was

A) Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates.
B) The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman.
C) M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton.
D) The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

Question 6

Of the five U.S. cultural groups featured in Chapter 11, which group has produced the largest body of children's literature?

A) Asian American
B) African American
C) Latino
D) Jewish
E) Native American

Question 7

A multicultural award for a U.S. work that authentically presents the experience of individuals in Latin America or the Caribbean or of Latinos in the United States is the

A) Américas Award
B) El Libro Latino Award
C) Orbis Pictus Award
D) Scott O'Dell Award

Question 8

A U.S. multicultural children's book award focusing attention on Latino children's books, authors, and illustrators is the

A) Orbis Pictus Award
B) Amigos y Libros Award
C) Coretta Scott King Award
D) Scott O'Dell Award
E) Pura Belpré Award

Question 9

Their experience of prejudice and genocide in Europe during World War II is a predominant theme in this cultural group's literature for older children.

A) Euro-American
B) Jewish
C) Latino
D) Native American

Question 10

The appreciation, celebration, and protection of nature and oppression by European-Americans are recurring themes and subjects in the literature of which cultural group?

A) Jewish
B) Native American
C) African American
D) Asian American

Question 11

Without adult guidance, children tend to choose books

A) with humor, mystery, or adventure.
B) about mainstream characters.
C) about children who are unusual or different from themselves.
D) set in foreign lands.
E) about children like themselves.

Question 12

Books classified as international literature include all of the following EXCEPT

A) books written in Spanish and first published in the U.S.
B) English language books written and published in Canada or Australia and then
Published in the U.S.
C) foreign language books that are first published abroad and later published in the U.S. in the foreign language.
D) books written in a foreign language and then translated into English and published in
The U.S.

Question 13

Publishers of translated books for children should

A) include no foreign terms.
B) preserve the flavor and tone of the original language, including some foreign words.
C) change the themes and plots to fit the tastes of the American audience.
D) replace illustrations that contain visual symbolism or are surreal.

Question 14

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award

A) honors the author of the best international book of the year.
B) honors the publisher of the best translated book of the year.
C) honors the translator of the best international book of the year.
D) honors the author of the most distinguished body of international books.
E) honors the illustrator of the best international picture book of the year.

Question 15

The organization of the international children's literature field is

A) The International Reading Association
B) Children's Literature Association
C) UNESCO
D) The International Board on Books for Young People
E) The International Research Society for Children's Literature

Question 16

An international children's book award sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is the

A) Kate Greenaway Medal.
B) Carnegie Medal.
C) Mildred Batchelder Award.
D) Hans Christian Andersen Award.
E) Phoenix Award

Question 17

Progress toward acceptance of people different from themselves can be noted in children when they realize from their reading of multicultural and international books

A) that different cultures have interesting festivals, foods, and folklore.
B) which cultural differences can most likely be overcome.
C) how similar they are to children of different cultures and how interesting their
Differences are.
D) how much they could help children of other cultures improve their lives.

Question 18

Develop a set of matching items with multicultural and international notable authors, illustrators, translators, and milestone books featured in class. (See example in introduction to the test bank.)

Question 19

In the blank provided write the letter of the descriptor that best describes the award on the left.

-Pura Belpré Award

A) for books portraying Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States
B) for writing and illustration, international
C) for African-American writers and illustrators
D) for Latino authors and illustrators
E) given to a publisher, promotes translated books
F) for most outstanding international book, highest honor in children's literature

Question 20

In the blank provided write the letter of the descriptor that best describes the award on the left.

-Coretta Scott King Award

A) for books portraying Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States
B) for writing and illustration, international
C) for African-American writers and illustrators
D) for Latino authors and illustrators
E) given to a publisher, promotes translated books
F) for most outstanding international book, highest honor in children's literature

Question 21

In the blank provided write the letter of the descriptor that best describes the award on the left.

-Mildred Batchelder Award

A) for books portraying Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States
B) for writing and illustration, international
C) for African-American writers and illustrators
D) for Latino authors and illustrators
E) given to a publisher, promotes translated books
F) for most outstanding international book, highest honor in children's literature

Question 22

In the blank provided write the letter of the descriptor that best describes the award on the left.

-Américas Award

A) for books portraying Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States
B) for writing and illustration, international
C) for African-American writers and illustrators
D) for Latino authors and illustrators
E) given to a publisher, promotes translated books
F) for most outstanding international book, highest honor in children's literature

Question 23

In the blank provided write the letter of the descriptor that best describes the award on the left.

-Hans Christian Andersen Award

A) for books portraying Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States
B) for writing and illustration, international
C) for African-American writers and illustrators
D) for Latino authors and illustrators
E) given to a publisher, promotes translated books
F) for most outstanding international book, highest honor in children's literature

Question 24

A U.S. book award that recognizes distinguished writing and illustration in children's books by African Americans is _________________________________________________.

Question 25

A children's book award that promotes the publication of Latino literature is _____________
__________________________________________________________________________.

Question 26

The first picture book illustrated by an African American to win the Caldecott Award was _________________________________________ by ______________________________.

Question 27

Three categories of international children's books are: (a)________________________________________________________________________
(b)______________________________________________________________________
(c)______________________________________________________________________

Question 28

Name four important ways teachers can become more culturally responsive in using literature to encourage students as readers.

Question 29

Name the four dimensions of a culturally critical classroom.

Question 30

Give two benefits of a culturally expansive classroom.

Question 31

Define multicultural literature, international literature, and global literature.

Question 32

Name three benefits of reading literature that is multicultural and international. Explain why you think these are important.

Question 33

List four important criteria for selecting books that are multicultural and international. Explain why each criterion is important.

Question 34

List three milestones in the development of multicultural literature for children and explain why each is considered a milestone.

Question 35

Name three recent developments that have affected the status of Latino literature and explain how they have influenced this body of literature.

Question 36

Name three reasons for the current growth in the availability of international books.

Question 37

Name the countries that are the largest sources of translated books in the U.S.

Question 38

Take a stand for or against the following statement and present your argument: Authors should not write novels featuring cultural groups that they themselves are not members of.

Question 39

Discuss one of the four strategies for culturally responsive instruction and share how you might use literature effectively while employing this strategy.

Question 40

Explain how books about difficult social issues, such as slavery, oppression, and prejudice, have value for young readers.

Question 41

Explain the value of multicultural and international literature for U.S. children, including as many pertinent points as possible.

Question 42

Choose a particular work of international or multicultural literature and evaluate that book for cultural authenticity.

Question 43

Discuss the major issues involving the availability of translated books from different regions of the world in the U.S.