Intro


 * __Work in progress---feel free to add, subtract or change anything__**.

(Quote of some sorts from one of our readings stating the importance of literacy...one that ties in to our theme)

Our nation faces a sobering, momentous challenge, one of the most profound in its history: the ominous possibility of ecological and economical collapse.

America's addiction to cheap, foreign oil has led us to face the challenge of having to find sustainable and renewable energy.We will need the most innovative and creative minds to work together in order to overcome this challenge.

The problem is America's addiction to standardized tests has led us to face the challenge of having to find the people who will invent and create these 21st century technologies.

Gatto states: . Quotes on how NCLB, and the resulting narrow curriculum that places great emphasis on standardized testing, harms this type of intellectual growth.)" Quote from Gatto on the importance of critical thinking and literacy in the development of innovators and creativity

This is exactly the reason why we are declaring the following funadamental rights to literacy for our nation's present and future studetns.Students on both ends of America's so called achievement gap will benefit greatly from these rights, for it is their future that will be adversely affected.

With these rights we hope to lay the foundation that someday will provide this nation witht the type of critical thinkers and innovators that will transform this nation and economy into a true 21st century global power.

State categories of rights here maybe **1. Assessment rights 2. Multicultural rights 3. Multimodal rights 4. Rights to Appropriate texts**

we plan to make a powerful and compelling case that how we implement these rights to literacy will determine not just our fate, but the fate of our chiildren and even life on earth.

Divide the presentation into four categories of rights. Assessment rights, multicultural rights (deficit vs. different), multimodal (technological rights), need for appropriate texts ( relatable Content rights,,,,choice of texts,) list three or four rights for each category.

example. 2. right to be seen as different versus deficit 3. right to use mother tongue 4. Right to a curriculum that includes multiple cultures where applicable.
 * Multicultural** **rights**; 1. right to bilingual curriculum