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Book Report: Multicultural
- Read a multicultural Book (see suggested book list)
- Fill out the book report clipboard
- Follow directions for the quilt
Directions:
- Look at the directions on the small sample quilt below
- Fill in the squares of the attached LARGE quilt as explained on the sample quilt
- Trace around the outline of each square with color
- Fill in the border with a design
- Cut out the quilt
- Clip your clipboard to the quilt
| About Main Character |
Main Character Picture |
Why is this a multicultural book? |
Setting Picture |
TITLE
Author |
Event or Problem Picture |
Bullet Point Summary |
Your Choice Picture |
Summary Continued |
Time and Place (Setting) |
Something You Learned |
Your Name and Number |
Click here to download the LARGE quilt Word Document template.
Suggestions for Multicultural Book Report
Multicultural Literature enriches opportunities to explore, discuss, and reflect on the values and beliefs of various ethnic, cultural, religious, and socioeconomic groups. Issues that concern gender, special needs, physical differences, and variations in learning style also fall into the genre of Multicultural literature.
- Armstrong, Jennifer. Steal Away. Scholastic, 1993. (Slavery)
- Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. Scholastic, 1999. (African American)
- Carbone, Elisa Lynn. Stealing freedom. House, 1998. (African American)
- Clements, Andrew. The Jacket . Simon & Schuster, 2000. (African American)
- Cornelissen, Cornelia. Soft Rain : A Story Of The Cherokee Trail of Tears. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1999, 1998. (American Indian)
- Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons. Harper Trophy, 1996. (Native American)
- Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. Delacorte, 1999. (African American)
- Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963. Yearling, 1997. (African American)
- Ellison, Suzanne Pierson. The Last Warrior. Rising Moon, 1997. (Native American)
- Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House. Hyperion, 1999. (American Indian)
- Mazer, Norma Fox. Good night, Maman. Harcourt Brace, 1999. (Jewish)
- Namioka, Lensey. Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear. Yearling, 1994. (Cultural differences between China and America)
- Namioka, Lensey. Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs. Yearling, 2002. (tone deaf gifted musician and his struggles)
- Pevsner, Stella. Sing For Your Father, Su Phan. Clarion Books, 1997. (Vietnamese)
- Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Becoming Naomi Leon. Scholastic, 2004. (Latino)
- Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic, 2000. (Latino)
- Salisbury, Graham. Under The Blood-Red Sun. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1995, 1994 (Japanese American)
- Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Dial, 1976. (African American)
- Wilson, Diane L. I Rode A Horse Of Milk White Jade. Orchard Books, 1998. (Asian - Mongolia)
- Yep, Laurence. The Rainbow People. HarperCollins, 1989. (Asian Pacific American)
- Yumoto, Kazumi. The Friends. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996. (Asian Pacific)
Additional online multicultural literature suggestions:
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