Children
Literature
Classic
Contemporary
Plus Some
100

He wrote the book The Undefeated. For an extra 50 points, name the illustrator. 

Who is Kwame Alexander? Who is Kadir Nelson?

100
"Contemporary" literature is considered literature that was published after this year

What is 1965

100
This point guard shot 104 3-point shots in a row and last year (in an unofficial poll) was the most popular NBA player. 

Who is Steph Curry?

100

This scholar is credited with defining, establishing, and building the field of children's multicultural literature and was a professor at this university

Who is Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop and what is THE Ohio State University?

100

This concept acknowledges an individual's ability to act independently while this concept acknowledges limited choices and opportunities

What is agency and structure?

200

The title of our core text "Free Within Ourselves" comes from which poet?

Who is Langston Hughes?

200

This type of message overpowers other ideas and are believed by many, simply because they are more prominent and perpetuated by groups in power.   

What is dominant, master, or grand narrative?

200

This first Caldecott winner that featured an African American child in a positive way, doing "every day" things is titled and was written and illustrated by this author.

What is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats?

200

Post slavery, these were the two most important pursuits of those who had been enslaved

What is finding family and becoming literate

200

In the Cone of Learning, the least effective way to learn and remember information is (ironically)... 

What is reading?
300

There are two ways to read a text, which is why we read or watch videos more than once. The first way is an _______________ read and the second is an _______________.

What is an aesthetic read? What is an analysis?

300

During the time of slavery, literacy was highly prized because it led to... 

What is liberation - sense of self-determination or ability to influence and control one's destiny?

300

This "institution" was responsible for the most Black publications. For an extra 100 points each, name the most well known of these institutions and the first Black newspaper.  

What is the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and the Freedom's Journal?

300

This first magazine intended for African American children was called this, ran for this long and was created by this leading scholar.

What is The Brownies' Book, 2 years and W. E. B. DuBois?

300

He was known as the most prolific African American children's book author of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. His nonfiction history book was also selected as a Newbery Honor Book.

Who is Arna Bontemps and what is "The Story of the Negro"?

400

There are many examples of institutionalized (structural) racism. Name the form that impacts the most people (compulsory) as well as two more. 

What is education? Others can include housing, banking, criminal justice system, public health.

400

This theory, of seeing one's self through one's own eyes and seeing one's self through the eyes of the world was developed by this scholar and can be found in this book

What is "double consciousness", W. E. B. DuBois, and The Souls of Black Folk?

400

This Italian scholar developed this theory to mean "dominance of one group over another, often supported by legitimate norms and ideas". Who is the author and what is the theory?

Who is Antonio Gramsci and what is hegemony?

400

This poet, whose first and last name start with the same letter, did not want to be known as "a Negro poet" but wrote both race-conscious poetry and nonracial poetry. 

Who is Countee Cullen?
400

When Black children first appeared in children's literature for Whites, negative stereotypes (prototypes) and characteristics were promoted. 50 points for each example.

What is the comic relief, lazy, mischievous, not intelligent, odd, quaint

500

Before we had printed books, enslaved Africans used this form of storytelling to serve the following purposes (100 points per example)

What is oral and for these reasons: to build community, to entertain, and to inform and instruct each other and their children? May include: socialize children and helping them survive a hostile environment

500

This scholar is known as "the father of modern Black history", was the son of former slaves who earned a PhD from Harvard, established Negro History Week, and is best known for this book.

Who is Carter G. Woodson and "The Miseducation of the Negro"?

500

Name the University of Notre Dame's first Asian American head coach.

Who is Marcus Freeman?

500

This book by this author was celebrated as the first of its kind to include Black English and a true-to-life story in a simple story that reflects children's range of emotions.

What is "Stevie" by John Steptoe?

500

This organization sought to fight for change by promoting authors and literature that celebrated African American people and experiences. They also ran contests for authors and did this to support them.

What is the Council on Interracial Books for Children and published winning manuscripts?