I am currently working as a TA so I do not have a classroom curriculum, materials or a classroom library to audit. I have experienced ELA teachers using a variety of titles within their curriculum over the years. On the elementary level, we have spent time reading and discussing titles such as Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time which addresses life in South Sudan and the job that families have gathering water for their families from a remote hole, as well as Nasreen's Secret School which addresses the schooling of girls in Afghanistan. We have several short stories in our English class in 10 th grade that reflect the lives of oppressed characters within the curriculum. The bulk of my teaching career has been in the sciences where the curriculum does not lend itself to diverse issues as such.
