Annotated Bibliography

Picture Books:
Choi, Y. (2001). The name jar. New York: Knopf.
This story was created for children of all ages in order to help students accept cultural
differences. This book focuses on the story of Unhei on her first day of school and how she was
very nervous about being the only student with a Korean name. Throughout the course of the
story Unhei makes friends and they learn the beautiful meaning to her name. This text is great for
showing cultural acceptance in any classroom. Reading Level 3-7
Marianthe's story, painted words ; Marianthe's story, spoken memories. (1998). New York:
Greenwillow Books.
This story tells about the struggles that many ELL students face when first coming to the United
States. Though the main character is unable to speak with some of her classmates, she is able to
express herself through the use of the universal language of art. This is a great story to show
cultural acceptance in your classroom, and it would lead to a great in class project. The students
could try to create their own family history story through pictures and artwork. Reading Level 48
Fiction Books:
Kingsolver, B. (2012). Flight behavior: A novel. New York: Harper.
This is a fictional story about the monarch butterflies, and how their populations have begun to
dwindle. Though this is a fictional story it does focus around a many current ecological
problems. The main story focuses on young mother who lives on a failing farm in Tennessee,
who discovers something incredible about the butterflies that live on her farm. This is a great
story for the field of ecology and the topic of climate change. Reading Level 9-14

Kingsolver, B. (2000). Prodigal summer: A novel. New York: HarperCollins.

This is a fictional story about the wolf in the Southern Appalachian Mountain. This story focuses
on the connection between the wolf population and deer population in these mountains. The story
brings up the idea of climate changes and how the destruction of these forest has resulted in the
resulted in the decline of the wolf population. This story would be great for an ecology course
where they students are studying climate change and the impact that humans have on the world.
Reading Level 9-14

Non-Fiction Books:
Cusick, D. (2014). Animals That Make You Say WOW. Watertown, MA.
This book was created by the National Wildlife Federation to help exposes children and families
to amazing images and stories about various earth creatures. This book focuses specifically on
animals, and identifies different fun facts about these organisms. The book works as a great
during ecology units, where you are learning about the 7 Earth Biomes. This book also works
well to excite student about the field of Biology and Zoology. Reading Level 2-5
Cusick, D. (2014). Animals That Make You Say OUCH. Watertown, MA.
This book was created by the National Wildlife Federation to help exposes children and families
to amazing images and stories about various earth creatures. This book focuses specifically on
carnivorous animas, as well as animas that contain poisons. This book works as a great during
ecology units, where you are learning about the 7 Earth Biomes. This book also works well to
excite student about the field of Biology and Zoology. Reading Level 2-5
Greenwood, M., & Minister, P. (n.d.). Amazing giant sea creatures: Swim with the whales,
dolphins, and sharks.
This book was created by DK to show the wonders of the ocean. This book shows wonderful
images of giant sea creature including the sperm whales, dolphins and sharks. Along with
displaying beautiful images this book provides information about each of these mysterious
animals and their requirements for survival. Though this book was created to show information
about these elusive animals, it can also be used to explain the importance of preserving the ocean
ecosystem. This is a great reference book for introducing students to the ocean ecosystem, and
the steps we can take to preserve it. Reading Level 4-6

Re, C., & Doyle, S. (n.d.). Bone collection.

This book has a great collection of various animal skulls. The book explains the skulls and how
they helped that organism live. The book talks about the anatomy of the animal and helps
students to identify bone patterns between different organisms. This is a great story when
working through the field of ecology or evolution. I would use this story to help students to see
evolutionary patterns between organisms, as well as use it to show them how different
adaptations have evolved. Reading 3-7

Poem Book:
Hopkins, L. (2002). Spectacular science: A book of poems. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.
This book of poetry focuses on all fields of science including biology, chemistry and physics.
This is a great book for combining the field of science with the art of poetry. Each of the poems
in this book talks about one question in science and the current scientific answer. The poems in
this book focus on scientific ideas that can be found in all cultures throughout the world. This
book would be very useful when introducing a new unit, by having the students dissect the poem
as well as having them create their own. Reading Level 5-Up
Environmental Print:
(n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
Both of the Environmental prints were located through the use of Google Images. Both of these
images focus on items that can be easily recycled to help keep garbage out of our landfills. The
images focus on the current American culture and a few universal signs, such as stop and Do
Not Enter. Reading Level K-Up

Web Based Articles:

Gay, G. (2002). Preparing for Culturally Responsive Teaching. Journal of Teacher Education,
106-116.
This article focuses on how to create a culturally responsive classroom as well as what the
teacher can do in order to achieve this goal. The article talks about the importance of cultural in
the classroom and how to bring that into the classroom. I would suggest that this article be used
to help explain the importance of including Non White American main stream ideas in the
classroom. I would use this article in an education course to help prepare future educators.
Reading Level 13-16
Vavrus, M. (n.d.). Culturally Responsive Teaching. 21st Century Education: A Reference
Handbook 21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook.
This article focuses on the idea of culturally responsive teaching and how an increased focus on
this idea can lead to the increased knowledge throughout all of your students. By creating a more
CRT classroom you are better prepared to close the low-status student gap, and decrease dropout
rates among these students. This journal drastically explains the importance of becoming a CR
teacher and the benefits that this style of teaching has on your students. Reading Level 13-16
Interactive Websites:
Biology Games & Virtual Labs! (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
This is a great website to use with your students when discussion various biology topics. This
website allows the students to research and discover different subjects in the field of biology. I do
suggest creating your own study guides for this websites, since they do not have their own. This
is a great website to help keep your students motivated in their learning. Reading Level 9-12
Biomes. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
This website allows the students to interact with the 7 terrestrial biomes of the world. This
website also allows the students to search and find interesting facts about theses biomes and their
inhabitants. I suggest creating your own study guides for this wbsite, since they do not have their
own. Reading Level 9-12