The lovely @JulieHughes4 has asked for diverse texts that will enrich the English curriculum - here goes (a thread) #teamenglish
1/ Womenâs voices - try an extract from Atwoodâs The Penelopiad. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/6127/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/9780676974256/excerpt">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/612...
2/ Bit of lovely poetry to weave in somewhere to show students that LGBT couples have existed for a long time. Wordsworth on The Ladies is Llangollen...
3/ if youâre looking at uplifting and fascinating stories of disability and achievement, look no further than an extract from Haben: The Deafblind Woman who Conquered Harvard Law. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/11/excerpt-from-the-deafblind-woman-who-conquered-harvard-law/">https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/s...
4/ for a wonderful Asian womanâs voice, excerpts or whole short story from Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/books/chapters/first-chapter-unaccustomed-earth.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/0...
5/ this little gem âBannekerâ by Rita Dove introduces us to a forgotten black man in American history. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43354/banneker">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/433...
Will try and add more!