Crossing Selma's Bridge: Integrating Visual Discovery Strategy and Young Adult Literature to Promote Dialogue and Understanding

Authors

Steven T. Bickmore, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Gretchen Rumohr-Voskuil, Aquinas College
Paul E. Binford, Mississippi State University

Editors

Penny Bishop, & James Nagle (Eds.)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-30-2017

Publication Title

Middle Grades Review

Volume

3

Issue

3

First page number:

7

Abstract

Urban communities, separated by race and class, experience a disproportionate number of gun deaths, police shootings, crime, violent and nonviolent protests, as well as disparities in housing, education, and employment. These discussions are visual and textual, appearing in both traditional and social media outlets. How do adolescents read and make sense of these images? We discuss integrating a Social Studies practice, Visual Discovery Strategy, with Young Adult Literature to provide students with the skills to both critique images from the events in their lives and produce responses through both traditional and digital methods.

Language

eng

Repository Citation

Bickmore, S. T., Rumohr-Voskuil, G., Binford, P. E. (2017). Crossing Selma's Bridge: Integrating Visual Discovery Strategy and Young Adult Literature to Promote Dialogue and Understanding. In Penny Bishop, & James Nagle (Eds.), Middle Grades Review, 3(3), 7.