Empathy Throughout the Curriculum: Using Picture Books to Promote Activism & Equity

Authors

Kathleen M. Olmstead, SUNY BrockportFollow
Peter Kalenda, SUNY BrockportFollow
Logan T. Rath, SUNY BrockportFollow
Jeffrey XueFollow
Jie Zhang, SUNY BrockportFollow

Abstract

The authors—a panel of teacher educators, an education librarian, and a high school student activist, share classroom practices, recent research, and scholarship that centers on fostering empathy and activism through picture books as part of culturally relevant-sustaining practices. A variety of new children’s literature and practical ways to incorporate these inclusive picture books across the curriculum are shared. Useful strategies for teachers to locate culturally responsive & sustaining children’s literature and related resources for classroom use are also provided.

Recommended Citation

Olmstead, Kathleen M.; Kalenda, Peter; Rath, Logan T.; Xue, Jeffrey; and Zhang, Jie (2023) "Empathy Throughout the Curriculum: Using Picture Books to Promote Activism & Equity," The Language and Literacy Spectrum: Vol. 33: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/lls/vol33/iss1/4