AREA 7. Social, Cultural, and Political Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

rob simon, University of Toronto

Judith Dunkerly-Bean, Old Dominion University

It's Our History Not Their History! : The 6th Graders' Nonfiction Reading of the World War II Japanese Internment Camps - Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico; Junko Sakoi, Tucson Unified School District

Latinx Learners' (Re)imaginings of Literacy Spaces in a Secondary History Class - Tierney Hinman, University of North Carolina - Greensboro

“Woah… This book is really traumatizing!” - Critical Inquiry and Respectful Play in Students' Responses to Art Spiegelman’s Maus - rob simon, University of Toronto; Sarah Evis, Delta Alternative; Ty Walkland, University of Toronto; benjamin lee hicks, OISE/University of Toronto; Ben Gallagher, University of Toronto