Prefatory Statement This unit will explore the very universal hero of Cinderella and her many authors' authenticity in portraying her in various multicultural versions in different age genres. This unit will also examine criteria for reading multicultural literature and social responsibility issues that arise within multicultural literature (i.e. stereotypes, false representation of a culture); challenge readers to see multiple sides of a story; and push students to be more critical and active members of …showed first 75 words of 631 total…

…showed last 75 words of 631 total…the universality of hero/heroines in literature, as well as cultural portrayals of this character. Confronting prejudices indirectly by examining a piece of literature can be easier to do than having students reflect on their present day prejudices (as this is much more emotionally charged than intellectually). From looking at cultural portrayals in literature, especially one as common as Cinderella, students can look at their own culture filtered through another. There will be no ethnocentrism.