Engaging with Multiliteracies to Deepen Understandings of Historical Events and Social Justice
Description of Pedagogical Tool:
A children’s book explores the Underground Railroad from the perspective of the North Star. A digital tool plays visuals and ambient sounds to immerse students in the story as it is read aloud by the teacher, and includes interactive activities, comprehension questions, and discussion prompts throughout the text.
Pedagogical Tool:
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Resources Used:
This pedagogical tool was created using open-source HTML5 technology made available by https://h5pstudio.ecampusontario.ca/. We are appreciative of Canva, Pixabay, and Serge Tiunov on Youtube for providing access to copyright-free materials for the development of our tool and the accompanying text. This tool is informed by multiliteracies pedagogies, as proposed by The New London Group (1996). FLIPHTML5.com provides affordable services that allowed us to publish this text online. Thank you to Dr. Susan Holloway for her guidance and encouragement throughout this project.RESOURCE PAGE
A Special Place: Live Reading Companion
Online link: https://h5pstudio.ecampusontario.ca/content/59583
Instructions to embed this resource on a website or LMS:
1. Go to the link https://h5pstudio.ecampusontario.ca/content/59583
2. On the bottom left side under the resource, click the grey text that reads ‘Embed’
3. Using the settings or advanced settings, adjust the embedded resource to the size you would like to fit your site.
4. Copy the embed iframe code
5. Paste in embed code in the appropriate area to add media to your website
A Special Place (Online viewing options for the text)
Flipbook:
https://online.fliphtml5.com/rcwvu/scqw/#p=1
Canva:
https://www.canva.com/design/DAFxn0r6JvA/RgrAu7ruwZwROfISqJs_PQ/view?utm_content=DAFxn0r6JvA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor
References
Ontario Ministry of Education. (2013). Culturally Responsive Pedagogy.
https://www2.yrdsb.ca/sites/default/files/migrate/files/cbs_responsivepedagogy.pdf
The New London Group. (1996). A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures. Harvard Educational Review, Vol.66 (No.1).
The Ontario Curriculum. (2007). Grades 9 and 10: English (revised), (p. 69-82). https://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/english910currb.pdf