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Hey Students and Teachers,

This is going to be FANTASTIC! This Book Web is about CULTURE & DIVERSITY!! YOU will review books from ALL different ETHNIC Groups and backgrounds, but I have focused on African-American and Hispanic-American literature especially. You will experience books from all sorts of cultures including Russian, Asian, European, Palestinian, and African. I have books for ALL AGES of students in K - 12, but MY concentration is towards those AWESOME Students in High School!!

There is Young Adult Literature (YAL) for EVERYBODY in this WIKI! Including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, picture books, fantasy, science fiction, and classics. I have questions for you to answer and fun activities that you will want to complete. I have a section of Websites (mostly for Teachers), Audiobooks, and Videos. Enjoy the Adventure and Keep on READING!!

So...What is CULTURE?? Is is a colony of micro-organisims? Improvement and refinement of the intellect? Cultivation of soil? It could be ALL of those things, but for THIS Literary Exploration, Culture is about people. About people with very diverse thoughts, opinions, concepts, speech, countries, and life experiences.

**//__Culture is the ideas, customs, skills, arts, language, history, achievements, and idiosyncrasies of a people or group that are transferred, communicated or passed along to succeeding generations.__ //**

 My Objectives for this unit is to introduce a plethora of diversified literature for ALL Ages! There are multi-cultural picture books with vivid colors and great stories. A few books with "unpopular" themes like Death, Disability, Adoption, and Gay/Lesbian social aspects. Wonderful Poems from a variety of authors. And MY forte on African-American and Hispanic-American stories.

My goals for this unit are that students will enjoy browsing through this medium and discover something they like. After learning a bit about a book, review the questions, and check out the writing activity. Perhaps, they will find great interest to obtain the book and **// __READ__ //** it. The student will have immediately experienced a different culture!!! Then...they may seek OTHER books with Multi-Cultural aspects!! Enjoy!

  **Content Standards**:

__**STATE** Content Standards__. Standard 1: Reading and Responding; 1.3 & 1.4. Standard 2: Exploring and Responding to Literature; 2.1 & 2.3. Standard 3: Communicating with Others; 3.1 & 3.2. Standard 4: Applying English Language Conventions; 4.3. **__NATIONAL__** __Standards__. NL-ENG.K-12.1: Reading for Perspective. NL-ENG.K-12.2: Understanding the Human Experience. <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #404040; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">NL-ENG.K-12.3: Evaluation Strategies. <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #404040; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">NL-ENG.K-12.4: Communication Skills.

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