Topic 1Neal Postman calls American television a “medium” that creates a “social and intellectual environment” that “attacks” “literate culture” because it “requires minimal skills to comprehend it, and is largely aimed at emotional gratification” (84, 86).What do you think?Postman claims that by presenting “all subject matter” as “entertaining,” American television “has made entertainment itself the natural format for the representation of all experience” (87).What do you think?Please make a list of popular concerns often expressed about technologies like the internet, comic books and video games and identify points of overlap and distinction.Can you come up with an example of how television has served as a rule-breaking tool for you?Topic 2What do you think about Hirsch & Newcomb's ’s claim that television serves as a "cultural forum"? How does “Betty, Girl Engineer” raise questions that encourage civic discussion? How does it close them down?How will different viewers walk away from “Betty, Girl Engineer” with different interpretations?Has the explosion of channels and platforms, along with the ability to time shift content altered television’s possible role as a cultural forum?

Through our readings and discussion this week, we learned that it is best practice to use multicultural literature in the classroom. However, along with the benefits, there are also downfalls of teaching with multicultural books. In this assignment, you will find quality multicultural books and discuss the benefits and possible pitfalls of their use in the classroom.To prepare for this assignment,Review the Multicultural Literature in Diverse Classrooms Template that you will use to complete this assignment.Read Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom: Possibilities and Pitfalls .Read Why Teach with Multicultural Books? (Links to an external site.)Watch Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at TEDGlobal 2009: The Danger of a Single Story (Links to an external site.).Research and choose four quality multicultural children’s books for a classroom library: two books appropriate for students ages 3 to 5 and two appropriate for students ages 6 to 8. The books cannot be any of those listed in the Week 1 discussion forum Evaluating Children’s Multicultural Literature. You can find books through Storyline Online (Links to an external site.), YouTube (Links to an external site.), or search engines.Review the optional Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.)In this paper, include the following two parts:Part 1: Annotated bibliographyCreate an annotated bibliography for your four chosen multicultural children’s books. Each entry should include APA format, a 100- to 150-word summary, and a discussion of how the book will promote cultural diversity.Part 2: Summary of learningCompose a brief introduction that will allow your reader to follow the organization of your paper and the focus of your discussion. (One to two paragraphs)Explain the benefits of using multicultural literature in the classroom.Describe possible drawbacks of using multicultural literature in the classroom.Summarize the importance of using multicultural literature in a culturally diverse classroom.Write a conclusion to your paper, briefly summarizing the ideas you discussed. (One to two paragraphs)The Multicultural Literature in Diverse Classrooms paperMust be at least two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)Must include a separate title page with the following:Title of paperStudent’s nameCourse name and numberInstructor’s nameDate submitted