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Paula Saine, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the College of Education, Health, & Society at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and has over thirty years of teaching experiences in K-16 and beyond. Her scholarly work is connected to literacy, culture, and the use of digital technologies in the classroom.

• FOREWORDACKNOWLEDGMENTSCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 2: AFRICAEAST AFRICAFatuma’s New ClothLiteracy ActivitiesMarkets and SupermarketsSupermarket Dictation Sorting Character Traits Using Metaphors Persuasive WritingSPOTLIGHT KENYAMOROCCOMy Father’s ShopLiteracy ActivitiesLifestyles in MoroccoDiverse Languages IDiverse Languages IIFiction WritingSPOTLIGHT MOROCCO SENEGALSofie and the CityLiteracy ActivitiesLife in Senegal and New YorkFriendship Writing a Friendship PoemDescriptive Word BankDescriptive WritingsSPOTLIGHT SENEGALSOUTH AFRICAMandela: From the Life of a South Africa StatesmanLiteracy ActivitiesMandela’s Extraordinary LifeMandela Sentence StarterWriting a Bio-PoemRead-Cover-Remember-RetellReporting a News Story SPOTLIGHT SOUTH AFRICA Related Apps and Web ResourcesCHAPTER 3:ASIA (NORTH)CHINAMy Chinatown: One year in poemsLiteracy ActivitiesTwo Chinese CulturesWriting a LetterWord KnowledgeWriting SentencesSPOTLIGHT HONG KONGA Song for BaLiteracy ActivitiesMaking PredictionsSynonymsStory RetellingMy Opera ReportSPOTLIGHT CHINAJAPANKamishibai ManLiteracy ActivitiesComparing the Past and Present Recognizing Compound WordsDescriptive WritingSPOTLIGHT JAPANSuki’s KimonoLiteracy ActivitiesText-to-Self ConnectionsSignificant SelectionsSuki’s Word ChallengeStory WritingSPOTLIGHT –FAVORITE CLOTHESKOREAHalmoni’s DayLiteracy ActivitiesMaking Connections with JenniferCulture DetectiveAnalyzing Jennifer’s FeelingsHistory of my GrandparentsSPOTLIGHT KOREARelated Apps and Web ResourcesCHAPTER 4: ASIA (SOUTH)BANGLADESHBasket of Bangles: How a Business BeginsLiteracy ActivitiesExploring Bangladesh Story Sequencing Star Synonyms Making a Business Plan SPOTLIGHT BANGLADESH INDIAMonsoonLiteracy ActivitiesLearning About IndiaMiniature MonsoonCompound CollectionPersuasive WritingSPOTLIGHT INDIA INDONESIARice is LifeLiteracy ActivitiesLearning About RiceWriting in SequenceVocabulary HarvestExpository WritingSPOTLIGHT INDONESIAAFGHANISTANFour FeetLiteracy ActivitiesBook BoxChecking PredictionsWriting a PostcardLetter WritingSPOTLIGHT AFGHANISTAN Related Apps and Web ResourcesCHAPTER 5: CARIBBEANHAITICircles of HopeLiteracy ActivitiesLearning About HaitiPredicting and Checking Predictions SequencingBroadcasting a Home and Garden ShowSPOTLIGHT HAITIJAMAICAUnder the Breadfruit Tree: Island Poems Literacy ActivitiesLearning About JamaicaMental ImageryAuthor StudyWriting Free VerseSPOTLIGHT JAMAICA ST. THOMASRata-Pata-Scata-Fata: A Caribbean StoryLiteracy ActivitiesLearning About St. Thomas“I Dream” PoemPlot SummaryBook ReviewSPOTLIGHT ST. THOMASTRINIDAD AND TOBAGOFish for the Grand Lady Literacy ActivitiesLearning About TrinidadStory ProblemFeelings ChartDescriptive WritingSPOTLIGHT TRINIDAT & TOBAGORelated Apps and Web ResourcesCHATPER 6:EUROPE BULGARIAMy Name Was HusseinLiteracy ActivitiesMaking PredictionsPracticing Phrase and Expressive ReadingSay SomethingSummarizing StrategyResearching NamesSPOTLIGHT BULGARIA HOLLANDBoxes for KatjeLiteracy ActivitiesBook BoxStory Mapping AntonymsLetter or Message WritingSPOTLIGHT HOLLAND ITALYIn English, of CourseLiteracy ActivitiesAnticipation GuidesSketch-to-StretchCharacter TraitsA Day in the Life of Josephine SPOTLIGHT ITALY TURKEYThe Hungry Coat: A Tale from TurkeyLiteracy ActivitiesLearning About TurkeyPart of a StoryCharacter AnalysisWriting FolktalesSPOTLIGHT TURKEY Related Apps and Web ResourcesCHAPTER 7: CENTRAL AMERICABELIZEJahmon's Adventure HomeLiteracy ActivitiesDirected Reading-Thinking ActivityAlphabetical OrderCould It Be True? Letter WritingSPOTLIGHT BELIZECOSTA RICAThe Remembering Stone Literacy ActivitiesBook BoxGuess the WordMy Favorite LocketDigital Storytelling: DreamsPODCASTING COSTA RICA EL SALVADORAlfredito Flies HomeLiteracy ActivitiesPlace to PlaceCompare and ConstrastLanguage BoxesWriting ResearchSPOTLIGHT EL SALVADOR Related Apps and Web ResourcesCHAPTER 8:NORTH AMERICA AFRICAN AMERICANA Sweet Smell of RosesLiteracy ActivitiesText-to-World ConnectionMarching for Rights Four Square VocabularyI Have My Dream PoemSPOTLIGHT CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTThe Other SideLiteracy ActivitiesMaking ConnectionsTen Important WordsDiscussion WebWriting a Press ReleaseSPOTLIGHT AFRICAN AMERICAN HERTIAGEAMERICAN INDIANMUSCOGEEJingle DancerLiteracy ActivitiesLearning Across CulturesDouble Entry JournalUnderstanding PersonificationThink AloudLetter WritingSPOTLIGHT FAMILIES NATIVE AMERICAN HERTIAGEMUSKOGEE-CREEK NATIONThe Good Luck CatLiteracy ActivitiesActivating Prior KnowledgeEnhancing VocabularyFeelings ChartWriting Point of View SPOTLIGHT MUSKOGEE OR CREEK TRIBEINTERRACIAL AMERICANFamilyLiteracy ActivitiesMy FamilyWriting an InvitationPracticing PhrasingMaking a Recipe BookSPOTLIGHT FAMILIES Am I a Color Too?Literacy ActivitiesI WonderWord SortFive-Senses PoemWriting SentencesBook ReviewSPOTLIGHT –ALL ABOUT MEMEXICAN AMERICANThe Pot that Juan BuiltLiteracy ActivitiesGetting to Know MexicoWriting an AdSentence SequenceIdentifying Poetic FormsWriting Poetic FormsSPOTLIGHT MEXICO I love Saturdays y domingosLiteracy ActivitiesMaking Connections with GrandparentsVocabularyUsing Self-MonitoringVisualizing StrategySPOTLIGHT HISPANIC HERTIAGE Related Apps and Web ResourcesCHAPTER 9: SOUTH AMERICA BRAZILBrazilLiteracy ActivitiesCompare and ContrastQuestioning StrategyBrazilian VocabularyWriting about BrazilExploring BrazilSPOTLIGHT BRAZIL COLUMBIAMy Name is GabitoLiteracy ActivitiesSequencing Important EventsBe an InvestigatorChoral ReadingDescribing WordsCan You Imagine PoemSPOTLIGHT COLUMBIA PERUTomasino: A Child of PeruLiteracy ActivitiesKWLThings in CommonNon-Fiction ConventionsVocabulary DevelopmentSPOTLIGHT PERU VENEZUELAVenezuela ABCsLiteracy ActivitiesKWLPlusCultural Class BookAlphabetizing Venezuelan VocabularyLetters of the AlphabetSPOTLIGHT VENEZUELARelated Apps and Web ResourcesAPPENDIX AKWLVenn DiagramFriendly LetterStory ElementsSorting Descriptive Words -ISorting Descriptive Words -IISomething to Crow About-1Something to Crow About -IIWriting a Friendship PoemNelson Mandala’s Bio-Poem Great Things about the U.S.!What would I take with me?Past and PresentMy plan to bring people back to the Chinese OperaEducation or Tradition?Good Readers ThinkKimono (“key-mo-no”)Suki’s Word ChallengeChanges in Jennifer’s FeelingsBe a Cultural DetectiveSteps to Starting Our Own BusinessThe 4 PrinciplesMonsoon Rain in India (KWL) Summarizing MonsoonWord Sort TemplateMaking a PostcardWhat does it take for a plant to GrowThe RecipeHow-to-Plant-and-Take-Care-RecipePlot Summary Fold-up BookFeelings ChartPredicting and Confirming Chart Story MappingMatching Antonyms in Boxes for KatjeAnticipation Guides for In English of CourseLiterary Report CardQuestions for Story Elements in Hungry CoatSpecial CelebrationsCould it be True?My Favorite LocketI march becauseFour Square VocabularyDouble Entry JournalMy Family InvitationBecause…Paw Prints for The Good Luck CatFeelings ChartBook Review 1Book Review IISentence Sequence ISentence Sequence IIClarifying WordsWord SortDiscussion WebCompare and Contrast (Brazil & United States)Can You Imagine?Compare and Contrast (Me & Tomasino)Template for Class Book ITemplate for Class Book IIBlank Cards for Alphabetizing Vocabulary ActivityAPPENDIX BCommon Core State StandardsPodcast ResourcesPodcast RubricsAdditional Digital Resources (eBooks, Digital Storytelling)Digital Children’s Global LiteratureREFERENCESABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Paula Saine has produced a definitive work that uses literature and technology to connect early childhood students with persons from various cultures across the United States of America, and around the world. This book is written primarily to equip teachers with the knowledge-base of other cultures in order to inspire students to become culturally diverse and technologically proficient to enhance literacy. Her approach affords teachers an opportunity to help students fulfill one of the basic tenets of cultural proficiency, that of developing a value for diversity. In doing so, teachers build a balanced collection of culturally diverse children’s literature and through innovative technology, use it to help students better understand themselves and others. She has, as a result, developed a valuableteaching tool that fosters an “inside-out” process.