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Session 4: Negotiating Diverse Cultures
What's the empathy and creativity connection? Daniel Pink credits empathy as one of the six creative elements or senses and describes it as the basis for understanding each other and learning to collaborate. Pink's theory gives new hope for all of us who believe in the transformative power of literature.

Katrina loves tutoring middle school ESL kids. In her Action Learning Project, you'll see how she pairs poetry and moviemaking to help students reflect on "where they're from" and learn to respect and develop empathy for those from other cultures. So where are you from?

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Session Overview
Essential Questions: What does multicultural really mean? What does intellectual freedom mean in a digital age? What does the student's right to read mean? How about the right to create?

In this session we'll explore the literature and culture connection. Toward this goal, we will engage in two Collaborative Critical Inquiries: one on multicultural literature and the other on intellectual freedom and censorship.

Topics:
Topic 1: Whose Face Do I See in the Mirror: Multicultural Literature Topic 2: Making the Bold Choice: Intellectual Freedom and Censorship in a Participatory Culture Topic 3: Celebrating Our Action Learning Projects!