Rather than seeing art as a curricular extra, or a fun break from the curriculum, the authors of Using Art Critically position art, as a tool and toy for learning, rethinking, and outgrowing oneself. Vasquez, Harste & Albers' intent is to position art as a seamless and integralpart of the educative process that creates space for exploring important social issues, events, and injustices from a critical literacy perspective. In so doing working with art from a critical perspective becomes an opportunity to understand curriculum as one way to explore opportunities for change. This book is the first in a series of books on creating critical curriculum. It includes details and examples for 10 art response strategies, for use in the classroom and in teacher education settings, including painting, creating art cards, using collage, puppet making, and creating art pieces made from everyday objects and discarded technology. Table of Contents: Introduction to the Using Art Critically/ Who We Are/ What We Have Done/ Creating Learning Opportunities / Using Art as a Response/ How to Use the Series/ Culminating Class or Workshop Experience/ Artistic Record of Thinking/ Organizing Instruction Around Social Issues/ Using the Series with Young Learners/ Online Teaching/ Eric Carle Workshop/ Art Cards / Jump Start Art/ Postcards/ A Street Called Home/ Critical Zentangles/ Everyday Objects/ Satire Art Using Discarded Technology/ Found Puppets/ Metaphorical Art/ Resource Appendix/ Key Tenets of Critical Literacy. 159 pages.