The floorplan is coming together for my young adult lit + anti-racist teaching course. Here is where we stand, with some last minute tweaks likely to happen before Monday.

Course focus:

This class focuses on reading and teaching young adult literature through anti-racist and anti-oppressive approaches. Since many contemporary applications of these approaches are made by current teachers, the course also connects your learning to the efforts current teacher activists are taking toward more liberating classrooms and curricula. Reading demand: high! Writing demand: low!

Learning objectives:

• Know and be able to use accurate critical race concepts while analyzing and discussing literature  
• Design and facilitate critical race discussions about literature
• Gain comfort/affective stamina analyzing and discussing anti-Blackness, racism, whiteness, etc. in literature 
• Analyze characteristics of young adult literature and reimagine what counts in the genre
• Evaluate young adult literature as an effective and creative tool capturing contemporary moments/realities
• Connect with English teachers who are teaching and developing anti-oppressive curriculum around young adult literature