Synthesize what you have learned from this case
1. Identify two culturally relevant teaching strategies that Hillary used in the To Kill a Mockingbird unit. What impact does each strategy have on students’ literacy learning? Make sure that you anchor your ideas by referring to the learning resources that you examined while exploring Hillary’s case.
2. Return to your first impression—how has your thinking changed? Find your first impression comments in your account space (go to “My Account”). Reread your comments. To what degree has your thinking about this case changed? Share your comments in the discussion group associated with Hillary’s case.
Personalize the case
Choose the set of questions that best connects to your professional situation. Submit your comments in the discussion group associated with this case (registration required).
Administrators
• What are the key lessons you learned from Hillary's case?
• What are the more common approaches to teaching literature in your school?
• How effective are these approaches?
• What changes would you like to see in your school that would promote a more culturally responsive approach to teaching literature?
Explain your answers.
Practicing Teachers
• What are the key lessons you learned from Hillary’s case?
• How do you teach “the classics” in your classroom?
• What are the benefits and potential drawbacks of your approach?
• Is your approach to teaching literature culturally responsive? In what ways?
• What instructional changes are you now considering?
Explain your answers.
Prospective Teachers or Interns
• What are the key lessons you learned from Hillary’s case?
• What are the most common strategies for teaching literature in your classroom?
• What are the benefits and potential drawbacks of these strategies?
• As you begin to take on more responsibility for instructional decisions in your career, what principles will guide your decisions in teaching literature?
Explain your answers.
