InWorkshopping the Canon for Democracy and Justice,玛丽·e·Styslinger采用和适应s foundational reading and writing workshop structures to help middle and secondary teachers more effectively teach democratic concepts and justice in their English language arts classrooms. Through the practice of workshopping, teachers can better:

• foster democratic dispositions and skills in students as they explore justice-oriented units focused on core canonical texts; and
• disrupt and displace the canon by teaching thematically related contemporary texts.

Critical essential questions interweave texts and bind units. Young adult novels, short stories, informational texts, picture books, music, art, movies, and social media are among the genres included in the book’s appendixes. These diverse resources make current societal and global connections clearer for students, foster multiple perspectives, prompt critical thinking, and provide exposure to primary voices. Filled with teacher voices, useful models, and helpful ideas, this practical book is written to foster agency for change in teachers, their students, and society.

A follow-up to her 2017 title,Workshopping the Canon,this book takes the original a necessary step further in today’s world, helping ELA teachers not just teach texts frequently taught in middle and secondary classrooms using the workshop approach, but also connecting those texts to important issues facing our world and students.

175 pp. 2023. Grades 6–12