Text Sets Women’s Right War & Conflict Friendship Ryan Cate Gibson, AAMU PhD Candidate Felicia Haywood, AAMU PhD Candidate Dione Jordan, AAMU PhD Candidate Tammy Range Alexander, PhD

A Working Definition What is Text?: The term “text” refers to anything that a teacher can use to center instruction, anything that students can read, view, listen to, or explore, including books, photographs, films, articles, music, art, and more. What is a Text Set?: A text set is a collection of related texts organized around a topic or line of inquiry. A text set includes information in many modalities, including print, audio, visual. Examples could be podcasts, news footage, photographs, drawings, artifacts, sculptures, and paintings, including primary sources.

Text Sets and the Standards The Standards focus on building student ability to read and understand grade-level complex text and express that understanding clearly through writing and speaking. The Standards emphasize the role of close engagement with text in students building knowledge about the world. A coherent sequence of texts around a clear topic or line of inquiry will support students in building vocabulary and background knowledge. Text sets are one tool for educators in planning units of instruction to help students meet the demands of the Standards.

Why Build Text Sets? To capture interests and cultivate engagement To prompt inquiry To read for multiple perspectives To build prior knowledge To encourage student writing: Text sets as mentor texts To differentiate instruction To support vocabulary development

Text Set Criteria Constructing a text set requires considering three criteria: A variety based on text complexity considerations. Various cultural perspectives may be appropriate for some concepts. Differences that offer various approaches to the “big idea” or conceptual understanding that unifies the conceptual text set. Donham, J. (2013). Text Sets, Deep Learning, and the Common Core. School Library Monthly, 29(6), 5-7.

Creating a Text Set Determine the standards that you want to teach. Identify an anchor text and formulate an overall line of inquiry for the set. This can happen in either order. An educator may first identify an anchor text, from which they formulate a line of inquiry for the set OR an educator may choose to first identify a topic for a unit of study and then seek out an anchor text around which to build the set.

How many texts? The number of texts in a set can vary depending on purpose and resource availability around a given topic. What is important is that the texts in the set are connected meaningfully to each other to deepen student understanding of the anchor text.

Step Two: Use Databases to Research Texts around the Topic Once you have identified the anchor text and line of inquiry for your set, you can use a variety of databases to search for texts.

Step Three: Evaluate Texts for Inclusion in the Set 1. Does the text contribute to the students building a body of knowledge connected meaningfully to the anchor text? 2. Is the text worthy of student time and attention? 3. Does the text contribute to a range and balance of text types and formats in the overall set? 4. Do the text complexity measures of the text place it in the grade band of the anchor text? A range of texts spanning the band will support student-knowledge-building over the course of the unit.

Step Four: Refine, Finalize, and Produce Text Set Continue to refine your selections until you are satisfied that you have a range and balance of texts that support student engagement with the line of inquiry.

The Effects of War and Conflict Dione Jordan, PhD Candidate

Significant Events 1789 The Declaration of the Rights of Man was established. 1878 Animal Rights versus Children’s Rights 1914-1918 After World War I, thousands of orphans and widows are left throughout the US and Europe. 1924 United Nations created the first Doctrine of Children’s Rights 1946 UNICEF is created to help feed starving children in Europe after World War II. An animal rights group takes an abused child’s parents to court in New York City and wins the case. There were no children’s rights groups at this point, and this was the first documented case of child abuse.

This text set includes: The Secret of Wattensaw Bayou Unspoken: A story From the Underground Railroad-Fiction Boxes for Katje Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Four Feet, Two Sandals Brothers of Hope Girl Soldier Sami and the Time of Troubles The Boy on the Wooden Box- The Diary of a Young Girl- Erika’s Story No Pretty Pictures This text set includes: Plays Graphic Novels Magazines And more….. If Kids Ran the World Always With You The Color of Home WAR AND CONFLICT

In 1946, the United Nations created the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to help the children of WWII. The war had a devastating effect on Europe, where much of the fighting took place. Children were the most affected. Many lost one or both of their parents. The fighting ravaged the countryside and destroyed farms. Many children were homeless and hungry. In 1953, the organization became a permanent part of the UN after it became evident that children all around the world suffered. UNICEF continue to fight for the protection of children and their rights from Voices

Playing War

Women’s Rights Ryan Cate Gibson, PhD Candidate

June 4, 1919 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dwobZGirc

Friendship Felicia Haywood, PhD Candidate Play the theme song to Golden Girls and the audience will sing along at a stopping point. Felecia will share why she chose friendship as her text set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiQzUEc_FmI

Aha Moment

Text Sets Friendship The Sandwich Swap Friendship Origami The Invisible Boy Chocolate Milk, Por Favor Aesop’s Fable- The Hare With Many Friends Each Kindness The Other Side The Hero Two Doors Down Fancy Nancy Tea for Two The Lions of Little Rock Freedom Summer Wonder The Sandwich Swap Friendship Origami Quotes about Friendship

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