| dc.description.abstract | Social change depends on the actions of the citizens of tomorrow. Without creating
changes to the curriculum and to the perspectives from which we teach, the likelihood of
producing social change is lessened. The main objective of developing this resource guide is to
help educators to teach with a critical lens and encourage students to think beyond the surface of
the texts they read. Critical literacy addresses contemporary issues and challenges students to
consider the perspectives and rights of various groups of people. The purpose is to understand
that texts portray different biases and perspectives and to gain perspective on others’ experiences
An example of this “is critical literacy perspective which, although rooted in language and
literacy education, has the potential for application across the school curriculum and in research
more broadly " (Janks, 2013, p. 227). Janks provides an excellent example of how this lens can
expand into other portions of the curriculum besides language arts. Using theoretical
perspectives of social justice and critical literacy, this guide provides an outline of activities
spanning 5 to 10 weeks that could be adopted or expanded by teachers who are unfamiliar with
these two perspectives to support grade 5 and 6 teachers to begin to integrate critical literacy and
social justice into their classrooms in ways that are accessible to the interests of grade 5 and 6
students. | en_US |
