[aisle] #metoo - navigating and teaching with books about sexual assault

[Clair Irwin]

I’m also really interested to hear back— and honestly, I’m very thankful
you’re bringing this up. It’s definitely a topic worth exploring and
discussing with teens.

Clair Irwin
*Doctoral Candidate, iSchool at Illinois*

On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:28 PM Paula Wyatt via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Curious to see if anyone responds to this. I was once in a PD through
> Chicago Humanities.  There was a woman from CPS  there who spoke about
> books we present can open up someone, but as teachers we have a
> responsibility to close them as well.  That was gist... she said it much
> more eloquently.
>
> I would like to know more about how others close a discussion on topics
> that are emotional and a potential trigger.  How do they prepare.  What are
> some guidelines etc.
>
> Please share what you hear back from others.
>
> Paula
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 21, 2019, at 2:50 PM, Thorstenson, Kara via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We are curious if anyone's school, English department or district has
> policies or guidelines for teachers, parents or students on teaching with,
> or students reading and writing about, books that deal with sexual
> assault/harrassment.
>
> Something like Speak by Anderson was always a popular checkout in my
> school library but we never taught with it as part of the curriculum. I
> know there are many more contemporary titles that deal with these kinds of
> topics that are crucially important for teens but I don't have much
> guidance on best practices for how they can be used/safety against
> challenges, etc.
>
> Any info you have would be very helpful!!
>
> Thanks,
> Kara
>
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