Book Review

Book: Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

• Provides, the title, author(s) and a brief synopsis of the movie, documentary or book content
• Evaluate the author’s intentions. What is the author’s primary purpose? What does he or she hope to communicate to the viewer or reader?
• Highlight its key strengths and weaknesses
• Calls attention to its scholarly value and relationship to equity and social justice.
• Gives an opinion (See sample reflection questions below.)

Additionally, you will include a reflection that considers the following critical        questions (You do not need to take each question individually and answer it.):

• What does this have to do with me?
• How could I explain these concepts to others (parents, students, peers, colleagues, etc.)?
• What emotions are conjured up as I read? What’s that about?
• What can I change about my practice, curricula, relationships, and policies?
• How can I use this to center my teaching on my most marginalized students?
• How does this connect with previous things I’ve learned?
• How much more is there to learn?
• Who can I share this with?
• How can I lead my peers in taking up this work?