Volume 16, Issue 2/3. 1985
Themes:
equity; equal education rights; capitalism; poverty; classism; censorship by omission; sexism; racism; interlocking oppressions; ageism; handicapism; institutional racism; institutional sexism
Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:
Joan Lester, M. William Howard, Leslie R. Wolfe, Jan Goodman, Gail Draper, Lyla Hoffman, Jan M. Goodman, Leonore Gordon, Doris Seale, Carolynne Bethka, W. Keith McCoy, Albert V. Schwartz, Jessie Wenning, Ellen Rubin, Kathleen Gibbons, Sheli Wortis, the Multicultural Project, Anne Meisenzahl, Jackie Eubanks, Emily Strauss Watson
Materials Reviewed:
Our Future at Stake: A Teenager's Guide to Stopping the Nuclear Arms Race by Melinda Moore, Laurie Olsen, et al. Amazon /
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Mattie's Money Tree by Don German. Amazon /
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Henry's Tower by David Rosen. Amazon /
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The Tipi: A Center of Native American Life by Charlotte Yue and David Yue. Amazon /
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Love in a Different Key by Marjorie Franco. Amazon /
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The Boys on the Rock by John Fox. Amazon /
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Toba by Michael Mark. Amazon /
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New Road! by Gail Gibbons. Amazon /
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My Favorite Place by Susan Sargent and Donna Aaron Wirt. Amazon /
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How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina Friedman. Amazon /
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The Peach Tree by Norman Pike. Amazon /
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Isabelle Shows Her Stuff by Constance Greene. Amazon /
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The Half-Birthday Party by Charlotte Pomerantz. Amazon /
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Alternative Library Literature 1982-83: A Biennial Anthology by Sandford Berman and James P. Danky. Amazon /
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Barrier to Excellence: Our Children at Risk by National Coalition of Advocates for Students. Amazon /
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Special Needs Bibliography: Current Books For/About Children and Young Adults Regarding Social Concerns, Emotional Concerns, the Exceptional Child by Barbara K. Griffin. Amazon /
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Solidarity with the People of Nicaragua by James McGinnis. Amazon /
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We're Not Just Talking Sex: A Leader's Guide for Teen Sex Education by Katherine Whitlock, Elena M. DiLapi, Gloria M. Gay, Deborah Johnson, and Judith Kahn. Amazon /
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Boys and Girls: Superheroes in the Doll Corner by Vivian Gussin Paley. Amazon /
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Materials Highlighted:
All Kinds of Money by David A. Adler
The Banking Book by Elaine Scott
Barter, Bills and Banks by Barry Tarshis
Communism: An American's View by Gerald W. Johnson
From Barter to Banking by William Wade
How to Grow a Hundred Dollars by Elizabeth James and Carol Barkin
How to Turn Lemons Into Money by Louise Armstrong
How to Turn Up into Down by Louise Armstrong
A Kid's Guide to the Economy by Manfred G. Riedel
Labor Unions in the United States by Carolyn Sims
Learning about People Working for You by John E. Maher and S. Stowell Symmes
Money, Money, Money: How to Get It and Keep It by Tom Morgan
Nickels, Dimes, and Dollars by R. V. Fodor
Prices Go Up, Prices Go Down by David A. Adler
Spending Money by Frederick Rossomando, Florence Leventhal, and Marilyn Szymaszek
An Early Childhood Curriculum for Teaching Children About Work by Jessie Wenning and Sheli Wortis
Love Canal: My Story by Lois Marie Gibbs
Keywords:
Equity Institute, Reformed Church in America, Project on Equal Education Rights, capitalism, poverty, classism, content analysis, censorship by omission, sexism, racism, interlocking oppressions, unemployment, ageism, handicapism, strike, librarians, Black, depictions, socialism, environmentalism, communism, Russia, China, income inequality, institutional racism, institutional sexism, lesson plans, critical education, taxes, Congress, laws, research, interviews, wealth distribution, status, salaries, stereotypes, prejudice, children's perspectives, The Multicultural Project for Communication and Education, work, Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE), Josie Anderson McMillan, Mary Gale, Bernadine Oliver, Bradford Chambers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, biracial, Biracial Family Resource Center, Children of Interracial Families, Douglas Wirt, Marge Green, Biracial Conference Committee, National Educational Film festival, human rights, A Place for Us Ministry to Interracial Couples, Project on the Status and Education of Women, Bernice Sandler, Roberta Hall, technology, computers, Ku Klux Klan (KKK), "Aryan Nation Liberty Net", films, World Wise, Black Experience, Japanese American, people of color, Reality Jigsaw Puzzles, Consortium for Educational Equity, Maryellen Lo Bosco, ACT, Central America, American Friends Service committee, Shameless Hussy Press, Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes, Marnee Kennedy, peace, Third World Resources, Dennis Banks Defense Committee, American Indian Movement (AIM); Frog in the Well