Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1
Content Area Literacy and Young Adult Literature: Examining the
Possibilities
Judith A. Hayn and Heather A. Olvey
Chapter 2
An Integrated Curricular Vision: Building Content Knowledge through
Textual Connections, Close Reading, and Research Strategies
Rachel L. Wadham
Chapter 3
Integrating Knowledge and Ideas: Bringing YA Historical Fiction to
Life with Informational Texts
Melanie K. Hundley, Steven T. Bickmore, Paul E. Binford, and
Jacqueline Bach
Chapter 4
Analyzing and Integrating: YA Science Books that Foster
Interdisciplinary Connections
Kelly B. Bull
Chapter 5
Problem Posing and Problem Solving: Using YA Literature to Develop
Mathematical Understandings and Make Mathematical Connections
Trena L. Wilkerson, James M. Fetterly, and Betty K. Wood
Chapter 6
Interdisciplinary Opportunities with YA Literature and the Common
Core: An Exploration of the Black Freedom Struggle
Susan L. Groenke, and Robert Prickett
Chapter 7
Graphic Texts as a Catalyst for Content Knowledge and Common Core
Content Literacy Standards in STEM Classes
Karina R. Clemmons and Heather A. Olvey
Chapter 8
Annotated Resources for the Classroom Teacher
Judith A. Hayn, Kent Layton, and Heather A. Olvey
About the Contributors
Judith A. Hayn is the Interim Associate Dean in the College of
Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas at
Little Rock. She publishes and presents regionally and nationally
on issues of social justice in young adult literature.
Jeffrey S. Kaplan is an Associate Professor in the School of
Teaching, Learning, and Leadership at the University of Central
Florida. As the former president of ALAN, Dr. Kaplan continues his
research interests concerning the value of young adult
literature.
Amanda L. Nolen is the Interim Chair of the Department of
Psychology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is an
Associate Professor of Educational Foundations in the School of
Education.
Heather A. Olvey earned her Masters of Secondary English Education
degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She
currently teaches in the Little Rock schools and continues her
focus on teaching literacy through young adult literature.
A casual observer might dismiss this as an ordinary annotated
bibliography, but it would be a mistake for librarians to bypass
this guide to integrating nonfiction into middle- and high-school
education. Part of the volume is bibliography, but the essays also
suggest lessons and activities to accompany the highlighted works.
This volume is meant to enhance teaching in language arts, social
studies, and even science and mathematics. A chapter on
collaboration between language arts and science teachers through
nonfiction literature suggests numerous titles that integrate
genetics, evolution, ecology, and epidemiology ... Another section
suggests supplementing informational texts with historical fiction
to enhance comprehension of history. Two particularly interesting
components are a chapter on using graphic nonfiction to fortify
STEM classes and another on using nonfiction to reinforce math
vocabulary through stories. Following the articles is a
bibliography of sources cited and additional works. More nonfiction
selections sorted by discipline precede the detailed index. This is
an essential addition to the professional collection in any middle
or high school concerned with broadening student perspectives (or
thorough implementation of the Common Core State Standards.)
*Booklist, Starred Review*
Recent years have brought an increase in the availability of
high-quality young adult literature and a corresponding increase in
popularity of the genre among adolescent readers. The need to
bridge students’ out-of-school literacy with classroom life is
imperative, and teachers in middle and upper grades have both
knowledge of YA literature and the ability to integrate it into
school learning spaces. Offering what may be a welcome surprise to
educators, this book demonstrates that nonfiction YA literature can
indeed facilitate the rigorous learning goals of the Common Core.
Young Adult Nonfiction serves as a timely, practical set of
resources for secondary-level teachers across content area
disciplines. Each chapter clearly illustrates the ways YA
nonfiction can help students achieve the standards for
ELA/literacy, math, science, and technical subjects while providing
a multitude of resources in the form of YA titles, web resources,
and even unit and lesson plan ideas…. [A]ll teaching ideas are
linked clearly to Common Core Standards. This book is a great
option for an interdisciplinary, school-based, professional
learning community. It is a useful resource for teachers looking to
build connections between literacy and content areas. Summing Up:
Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, professionals.
*CHOICE*
A compact tool for interdisciplinary curriculum construction, this
introduction to Common Core teaching stresses the integration of
humanistic themes in a range of classroom endeavors. Editors
incorporate aspects of narrative milieu as spurs to thinking,
discussion, problem-solving, literacy, and composition. Themes
branch out to such mind-expanding concepts as risk-taking and
strategizing, the focus of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Harper
Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. . . .Nonfiction works...elucidate
graphic design, nutrition and health, forensic medicine, primate
and environmental research, and racial and gender equality. By
stressing such elements as textual evidence and relevant details,
the text builds respect for primary sources and accurate
presentation of scientific absolutes and historical cause and
effect, as with the Manhattan Project and the expansion of women’s
rights during World War II. This is a must-have addition to the
young adult professional shelf.
*VOYA*
Young Adult Nonfiction: Gateway to the Common Core collects both a
pithy rationale and classroom tough practices that coalesce to
advance nonfiction YAL in all classrooms, not just those of the
English and literacy variety. This book is one that teachers will
want to keep within an arm’s reach, as it will help defend practice
just as surely as it will inspire the use of young adult nonfiction
to the benefit of students. The editorial team expertly assembled
leading scholars and educators to craft this important addition to
the field of young adult literature.
*Christian Z. Goering Ph.D, Professor, English Education,
University of Arkansas, Director of the Northwest Arkansas Writing
Project, Faculty Director of the Center for Children & Youth*
With this book, Young Adult Nonfiction, Hayn, Kaplan, Nolen, and
Olvey have gathered together a collection of scholars whose advice
and wisdom raise above the demands of the common core and provide
teachers with a vision of how young adult nonfiction can be a
useful key to seamlessly introduce informational text,
cross-curricular knowledge, and text complexity into the language
arts classroom. This book will remain an important guide for using
nonfiction with students for many years after the hoopla of the
common core has passed precisely because it focuses on the timeless
issues of good pedagogical practices.
*Steven T. Bickmore, Associate Professor of English
Education,University of Nevada Las Vegas; curator, Dr. Bickmore’s
YA Wednesday Blog*
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