Association for Library Service to Children Online Education Course

This generates an estimated 40 hours of contact work, which would translate into 4 CEUs Course Schedule July 6-July 12 Week One: In the Beginning • Introductions • How and Why the Newbery Award Got Started • The First Decade • The Impact of the Newbery Medal on Children's Book Publishing Assignments Read: • From the 1920s: The Voyages of Dr. [...] Latimer Discuss your readings in the online July 13-19 Week Two: Growing Pains • Newbery Books of the 1930s and 1940s • How the Newbery Winner Was Chosen • Terms and Definitions: What Does Distinguished Mean? • The Question of Popularity Assignments Read: • From the 1930s: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field --or— Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink • From the 1940s: Johnny Tremain by. [...] Davis Discuss your readings in the online Forum July 27-August 2 Week Four: Who Wins? • Newbery Medal Books in the 1970s and 1980s • Racism, Sexism, and the Newbery Medal • Genre and the Newbery Medal • Reconsideration of Some Past Winners • Serving on the Newbery Committee Assignments Read: • From the 1970s: Sounder by William H. [...] Schwartz • “Where Do All the Prizes Go? A Case for Nonfiction,” by Milton Meltzer August 3-August 9 Week 5: The Higher Power of Newbery • Newbery Medal Books in the 1990s and 2000s • What the Newbery Medal Means to Authors, Publishers, Teachers, and Children Assignments Read: • From the 1990s: The Giver by Lois Lowry --or— Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse • From the 2000s: A Single Shard by Linda Su. [...] and Beyond • Newbery Medal Books of the Past Decade • Library Programming with Newbery Medal Books • Mock Newbery Discussions with Adults and Children • Selection Issues • What's Ahead for the Newbery Medal? Assignments • Read: From the 2010s: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña --and— The Crossover by Kwame Alexander --or-- The New Kid by Jerry Craft • “Alive and Vigorous: Questioning t.