INTASC STANDARD Standard #5: Application of Content The teacher understands how to connect concepts and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues. Name of Artifact: Children’s Books Date: April 9, 2013 Course: EDUC 130 Brief Description: For this assignment, I was asked to find 5 multicultural children’s books and give their descriptions, age group, and author. I had to inform the class and professor what made these books multicultural and how they could be used in a multicultural classroom. Rationale: To document my understanding of INTASC Standard #5, Application of Content, I chose to include my Children’s Book assignment. I chose to use this assignment because I feel that for this assignment I had to use different perspectives and concepts. I chose these books to give the students a better understanding of different cultures and use other perspectives and concepts.

Busing Brewster By: Richard Michelson Reading Level: Ages 6-10 Brewster is a first grader at Franklin Elementary, an all black school, who has to transfer to Central Elementary, which happens to be an all whit e school. Brewster and his brother are not met with a warm welcome. Brewster has to adjust to his new school and the white people who do not seem to be happy that he is there. He soon finds that the white children are children just like him, and the only difference is the color of their skin.

Welcome to my Neighborhood By: Quiara Alegria Hudes Reading Level: Ages 4-7 This book follows Ava and her best friend who travel around her neighborhood and teach children their ABCs. Ava goes through the alphabet teaching the reader new Spanish words and unique characteristic about her neighborhood. Ava shows that each neighborhood is different and teaches the reader a little bit about her Hispanic heritage.

Madeline in London By: Ludwig Bemelmans Reading Level: Ages 4-8 This book follows the famous little French girl around as her school takes a field trip to London, England. Madeline, who lives in Paris, learns a lot about British culture and compares it to her French culture. She travels around studying the different types of food, visits some Historical British landmarks and tries to find the royals on this adventure. She learns and compares the differences of the British to the French people.

On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur By: Cathy Goldberg Fishman Reading Level: Ages 9-12 This story follows a young Jewish girl as she celebrates two of the biggest holidays in the Jewish faith. She explains the traditional celebrations, describes the time of year, and why her people celebrate the holidays. She explains some of the Historical context to the holidays. She also teaches about traditional Jewish customs and even teaches some traditional Jewish vocabulary.

A Family Like Yours By: Rebecca Kai Dotlich Reading Level: Ages 4-8 This book shows the differences between many families. The book compares families to one another and shows how families can vary. The book shows the reader that there are many differences in families. However, that we should be proud of where we come from and that we are right where we should be, in the family that we were given.