Order Description

 

Media is one of the most influential institutions to socialize individuals about the concept of race and ethnicity, class, gender, and/or age. Having learned about the social issues associated with these vectors of inequality, this book analysis will help students identify the messages individuals receive through media. This book analysis will also have students promote more diversity and acceptance of various cultural, gendered, class, and/or aging backgrounds. Furthermore, students need to analyze children’s reading books and provide a solution to demonstrate more diversity in regards to race, class, gender, and/or age.

 

Bad example: The book is about a family who live in a house. The family is Asian. They go through stuff.
Good example: The book is about an Asian family who lives in a suburban neighborhood. The family learns how to adjust to a new neighborhood. After moving to the neighborhood, the family deals with racial stereotypes. For instance, the oldest son attends a new school and brings a homemade Asian lunch. When the son brings it to school, his peers make fun of him for not having an Americanized lunch. (Do not use this example or make one similar to it. It would be considered plagiarism)

Make sure all answers relate back to race/ethnicity, class, gender, and/or age and sociological concepts.

Select a minimum of three children’s books that have humans in the story. Read all of the books that you have selected. You can use books from any culture. However, please keep in mind that you must be able to read the words or content. This is not a question. It does not require an answer

List the three books that you have read. Title, Author, and 3 sentences about the book. Translate if it is in a different language. Please provide an in-text citation to each book that you are describing.

E.g. Book 1 is about a male
Book 2 is focuses on a family
Book 3 is about a young girl

Analyze the books and describe your observations that relate back to your sociological knowledge about racial, class, gender, and/or aging inequities.
What are the impacts when children consistently see these images?
E.g. Sentence 1, Sentence 2, Sentence 3, etc.

 

TIP: If you have trouble finding a concept, look at the heading of each powerpoint slide
E.g. Sentence 1, Sentence 2, Sentence 3, etc.
Provide a solution.
Based on these books that you have analyzed, what kind of children’s book would you create? Why?
To have the book reflect more of one’s societwhat would you include (Race, class, gender, and/or age)? Why?
How would you discuss or highlight certain social issues in order to teach children about a particular message? Why did you select these social issues for children?
Do you think the book that you created would be successful compared to all of the other children’s books? Why or why not?

Design your book cover with words.
What would you have on your book cover? Why?
Create a title that promotes diversity in regards to race/ethnicity, gender, class, and/or age? Why did you select this title?
How would you draw the characters differently? Would you include any characters that you felt were missing from the book(s) that you reviewed? Why?
Would you use any additional details on the front cover to further promote diversity that appeals to the children (Font, colors used, clothing used, actions, etc.)? Why?