The theme of Global Labor is explored with the book, The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, which tells the story of a young girl in Afghanistan who becomes her family’s breadwinner amidst political upheaval, highlighting gender roles and resilience in the face of adversity.
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Intended Audience:
K-12
Intended Audience:
K-12
The theme of Imagining Other Worlds: Globalizing Science Fiction and Fantasy is explored in the novel, Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. This workshop is facilitated by Professor Sabrina Robinson, Instructor in Slavic Languages & Literatures, University of Pittsburgh.
Intended Audience:
K-12
In the first installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS), educators convened to discuss A Blue Moon in Poorwater by author Cathryn Hankla. The discussion was facilitated by Dr. Nancy Caronia.
The theme of this series is "Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice through Illustration and Text."
Intended Audience:
K-12
The theme of Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice Through Illustration and Text is explored through Richard Conyngham's All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa. This graphic anthology tells six true stories of resistance by marginalized South Africans against the country's colonial government in the years leading up to Apartheid.
Intended Audience:
K-12
In this installment of our Global Issues Through Literature (GILS) series, participants convene to discuss the novel, Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada.
The theme of this year's GILS is Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice Through Illustration and Text.
Intended Audience:
K-12
The theme of "Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice Through Illustration and Text" is explored through "Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling," a complex story of four decades of prison expansion and its corrosive effect on generation of Americans and its implications for American democracy.
Intended Audience:
K-12
The theme of Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice Through Illustration and Text is explored through George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy, a full-graphic novel about Japanese individuals in relocation centers after President Roosevelt's 1942 order.
This workshop is facilitated by University of Florida English PhD student, Sophia Pan.
Intended Audience:
K-12
Using the theme, Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice Through Illustration and Text, this workshop discusses Kate Evans' Threads: From the Refugee Crisis, a full-graphic novel of the refugee crisis. This book addresses one of the most pressing issues today to make a compelling case for the compassionate treatment of refugees and the free movement of peoples.
This workshop was facilitated by Dr. Mark Best, Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Film and Media Studies. It is sponsored by the Global Studies Center, the European Studies Center, and the Center for European Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Intended Audience:
9-12
The theme of "Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature" is explored through Kazuki Kaneshiro's novel Go. The novel tells the story of a Korean boy and a Japanese girl who fall in love and is a modern nod to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Kaneshiro examines the ideas of fate and love at first sight, friendship and violence. The author’s main focus of this bildungsroman is how we define ethnicity and identity, and the effects of prejudice and discrimination.
The discussion was led by Dr. David Kenley of Dakota State University.
Intended Audience:
K-12
This is the third installment of the Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS) in which educators convene to discuss Halal if You Hear Me: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3 by Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo. The discussion will be facilitated by Yasmine Flodin-Ali, an Islamic Studies PhD Candidate in the Religious Studies department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is co-sponsored by the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS).
This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature
Intended Audience:
K-12
In this Global Issues Through Literature Series (GILS) workshop, educators convene to discuss Home is Not a Country by author Safia Elhillo. This discussion is facilitated by Dr. Filipo Lubua, Swahili Instructor, Department of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh.
The theme for the 2023-24 GILS series is Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature.
Intended Audience:
K-12
In this Global Issues Through Literature (GILS) workshop, educators will convene to discuss The Roads of the Roma: A PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers.
This year's theme is: Marginalized Voices in Global Context: Centering Overlooked Narratives in Literature
Intended Audience:
K-12
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings by Margarita Engle
In this poetic memoir, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures-- Cuba and the U.S.-- during the Cold War.
Intended Audience:
K-12
In this video, Professor Ana Sekulić, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh, discusses the novel, "Forty Autumns" for the January 2026 Global Issues Through Literature workshop. The International Spy Museum's Director of Youth Education, Lucy Stirn, provides curriculum resources and information about the Cold War and Berlin Wall at the SPY Museum.
Intended Audience:
K-12
In this K-12 educator workshop, content specialist Prof. Nozomi Saito and curriculum specialist Matthew Kizior discuss the novel, Grenade, by Alan Gratz.
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