Table of Contents

Part 1. Beginnings

1: Introduction

2: A Framework for Critical Literacy Education Across the Lifespan: A Case Study of the Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group

Part II. An Entry Point: Developing Critical Stances

3: Talking about War in a Second Grade Classroom, Melissa Mosley

4: Writing our Way to Cultural Understandings, Rebecca Light

5: Learning to Listen: Creating Socially Just Curricula for Middle and High School Classrooms, Sarah Hobson

6: "No Disrespect": Literature Discussion as Social Action, Carolyn Fuller

7: Response Chapter- Developing Critical Stances and Multiple Perspectives, Bridgette Jenkins, Mary Ann Kramer, Meredith Labadie, Melissa Mosley, Kathryn Pole and Ben Yavitz

Part III. An Entry Point: Critical Inquiry and Analysis

8: Shared Leadership, Adolescent Literacies, and Social Justice Education in the "Third Space", Melissa Mosley and Margaret Finders

9: Designing a Critical Literacy Lab in an Adult Education Center, Mary Ann Kramer and Rhonda Jones

10: The Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity: A Catalyst for Social Justice and Racial Literacy, Jacquelyn A. Lewis-Harris

11: Response Chapter- Critical Inquiry and Analysis: Making Space for Critical Literacy, Carolyn Brown, Ora Clark-Lewis, Aleshea Ingram, Mary Ann Kramer, and Melissa Mosley

Part IV. An Entry Point: Building Community

12: New Teachers Developing as Educators/Activists, Liesl Buechler and Kate Lofton

13: Working Within and Against Heterosexist and Homophobic Schools: Social Justice and High School Journalism, Janet DePasquale

14: Following the Circles: Organizing for Justice through Literacy Education, Sarah Beaman-Jones

15: Response Chapter- Building Relationships of Struggle and Solidarity, Angela Folkes, Cristina Mann, Melissa Mosley, Rebecca Rogers and Alina Slapac

Part V. What Is and What Might Be

16: Designing Socially Just Learning Communities Across the Lifespan: What Is and What Might Be

Appendix I: Declaration Statement

Appendix II: Frameworks of Critical Literacy Lab: Engaged Instruction, St. Louis Public Schools Adult Education and Literacy

Notes on Contributors

Films and Children's Books

References

Index