WGS Faculty Lead Panel on Raising Global Citizens
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Author: annober
Dr. Michèle Schaal and Dr. Rita Mookerjee joined faculty from around campus on Friday, July 24 for a panel discussion called “Your Next Adventure? Raising Global Citizens!”
Resources from that event included book, film, and other recommendations from multiple countries, cultures, and backgrounds.
Books suggested by Rita Mookerjee
- Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
- From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom and Kai Yung Ching
- Neither by Airlie Anderson
- Monster and Son by David LaRochelle
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Chinese stories with subtitles, suggested by Shenglan:
- 中国童话故事 (Chinese fairy tales)
- 中国儿童故事 (Chinese children’s stories)
- 中国成语故事 (Chinese idioms)
French films suggested by Neysa (child-centered; age-appropriateness and maturity-level vary):
- Être et avoir
- Les choristes
- L’argent de poche
- Le ballon rouge
- Au revoir les enfants
- Entre les murs
Resources from Michèle Schaal
- Il a de la chance mon papa by Amélie Graux and Marie-Laurence Gaudrat
- Le chemin de Jada by Laura Nsafou and Barbara Brun
- Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi and Ashley Lukashevsky
- Baby feminists by Libby Babbott-Klein and Jessica Walker
- Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
- Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli (original in Italian)
- Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu (original in French)
- LatinX artist Favianna Rodriguez has free coloring pages on her website: https://favianna.com/media/resources
- Bedtime stories written and read by major French writers, available as podcasts and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL43OynbWaTMJeKjuA5g79PtmxwnLNVzuD, https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/une-histoire-et-oli
- The ISU Museums has great programs too on their YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ISUMuseums/videos