Using author studies to incorporate multicultural literature across the New Jersey core curriculum

The purpose of this study was to incorporate one author\u27s work of multicultural literature to determine its significance in other subject areas within the New Jersey Core Curriculum exclusive of Language Arts/Literacy curriculum. It was to provide media specialists and classroom teachers with integral skills, concepts and ideas found in multicultural literature. The study used one author study, Virginia Hamilton, and one culture, African American in its evaluation within the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. The study showed that readability level of the selected works by Virginia Hamilton was excellent for students in grades four through six. Also, it was concluded that New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards that were found and evaluated within these works directly correlated to grades four through six as well