Dr. Jennifer Martin's Content Area Literacy students from Spring 2019 discuss literacy best practices. Listen to episode 6.
Books About Context Area Literacy (our Course Texts)
Hayes Jacobs, H. (2006). Active literacy across the curriculum: Strategies for reading, writing, speaking, and listening. NY: Eye on Education
Context Area Literacy Sites:
Recommended Books for High School Mathematics Classes/STEM
Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide by Altair Peterson
The Cartoon Guide to Calculus by Larry Gonick
I Want More Pizza: Real World Money Skills for High School Students, College, and Beyond by Steve Burkholder
Nikola Tesla and the Taming of Electricity by Lisa Aldrich
Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers' Edition by Ashlee Vance
Recommended Novels for Resistant Readers
Mattieu, J. (2017). Moxie. Roaring Book Press
Reynolds, J. (2017). Long Way Down. Simon & Schuster
Thomas, A. (2017). The Hate U Give. Balzer Bray; First Edition Later Printing
Dias, M. Three Ways to Diversify Students’ Reading: Advice from Marley Dias. Retrieved May 2, 2019, from Newsela Team
Recommended Books for High School Mathematics Classes
Betts, R. F., Bly, L., & Setch, E. (2013). A history of popular culture more of everything, faster and brighter. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge
Caper, W. (2000). 100 ships and planes that shaped world history. San Mateo, CA: Bluewood Books
Chang, J. (2005). Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (1st ed.). Picador
Schaap, J. (2008). Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics. Mariner Books; Reprint edition
Zinn, H. (2009). A Young People's History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror. Seven Stories Press