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 / WorldCat
Mattie's Money Tree by Don German. Amazon / WorldCat
Henry's Tower by David Rosen. Amazon / WorldCat
The Tipi: A Center of Native American Life by Charlotte Yue and David Yue. Amazon / WorldCat
Love in a Different Key by Marjorie Franco. Amazon / WorldCat
The Boys on the Rock by John Fox. Amazon / WorldCat
Toba by Michael Mark. Amazon / WorldCat
New Road! by Gail Gibbons. Amazon / WorldCat
My Favorite Place by Susan Sargent and Donna Aaron Wirt. Amazon / WorldCat
How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina Friedman. Amazon / WorldCat
The Peach Tree by Norman Pike. Amazon / WorldCat
Isabelle Shows Her Stuff by Constance Greene. Amazon / WorldCat
The Half-Birthday Party by Charlotte Pomerantz. Amazon / WorldCat
Alternative Library Literature 1982-83: A Biennial Anthology by Sandford Berman and James P. Danky. Amazon / WorldCat
Barrier to Excellence: Our Children at Risk by National Coalition of Advocates for Students. Amazon / WorldCat
Special Needs Bibliography: Current Books For/About Children and Young Adults Regarding Social Concerns, Emotional Concerns, the Exceptional Child by Barbara K. Griffin. Amazon / WorldCat
Solidarity with the People of Nicaragua by James McGinnis. Amazon / WorldCat
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 / WorldCat
Boys and Girls: Superheroes in the Doll Corner by Vivian Gussin Paley. Amazon / WorldCat

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