Lessons Plans Promoting a Diverse Learning Environment

In a world that is becoming increasingly dynamic and interconnected where each of us are becoming more dependent on each other, diversity is a crucial element of life. Never in human history have students had available to them the

As mentioned in previous chapters the need to teach multiculturalism among young children. There are many misconceptions about multicultural teaching. For example, Bill Howe presents misconceptions about this theme and there were a few that were interesting such as, tour and detour approaches as appropriate in multicultural education. For example, Black history month is when many schools celebrate the accomplishments of African Americans. It is great to celebrate the accomplishments of the diverse population in the United States, but why celebrate it one a year. Maya Angelou once remarked that she will be glad when Black History Month is no longer necessary. When all Americans are sufficiently a part of our courses of study and daily instruction,

Show students a photograph of the Statue of Liberty and ask them to explain why this is an important symbol for our country.

Teachers can begin by incorporating Banks’ five dimensions of multicultural education. In addition teachers must take into consideration DuPraw and Axner’s six fundamental patterns of cultural differences. Then, parents and the community will need to be educated on the cultural differences. However, the parents will need their voice to be heard in order to decrease cross cultural miscommunication. As our country’s population diversifies, it will be our responsibility to not only educate ourselves but our students as well as our parents in order to have a successful

One of the first projects we did in that class this year was to make a presentation to the rest of the class about a branch of the humanities that we were interested in studying including an artifact from that branch that we thought was important. My branch was History and my artifact was the Declaration of Independence.

Three ideas for teachers to support new immigrant students in a classroom will be images and games, friendly conversation, and the power of stories. When it comes to images and games, teachers should decorate their classroom or school walls with photos of diverse role models, including those of immigrants (Burnett, 2015). As a teacher, you should make sure your class is unique and comfortable for young students. When I become a teacher, I will make sure I decorate my class and make it colorful. Furthermore, I will have some type of diverse theme in my class so I can make all students feel welcome in my class and welcome by me. Now when it comes to friendly conversations, teachers should create mixed-student small groups. Students may feel

Purpose- To create a student body that is empowered (by knowledge) to invoke change in their communities and, more importantly, in society as a whole by participating in celebrations and discussions of cultures that enrich tolerance understanding of the importance of diversity.

Developing understanding of why people choose the stance they did will help develop moral understanding of individual actions as well as how this country took shape. In one of my learning experiences students will explore the individuals that helped shape this nation. In our textbook, DuPlass says that “great figures emphasizes the impact of individual on history” (DuPlass, p 162). Students will explore the “Liberty Kids” website to find an important figure that helped contribute to the shaping of this nation. After students choose an individual they will begin to explore websites and texts to learn about them. Once students have developed a fact sheet for their person students will start drafting their presentations were students will dress up as their person and do a presentation about their roles in the Revolution in the library for other classes. By the end of this activity, students will be able to explain how individual people shaped the course of American History and who important figures of the Revolution

With each topic we each would talk about what we thought about the topic before discussing it as a whole. For example what we thought of when we heard the word Native American or Indian. Before this class my thought about some of the topics was that Christopher Columbus was a good man that had founded America and that the Progressive era and Gilded Age were a good time in History. But oh boy was I wrong! Maybe it is true that Christopher Columbus “found” America, but he was not the first to land there (Class Notes). There were at least a dozen, maybe more, groups of people that had travelled to the Americas (Class Notes). Of course Christopher Columbus and the Pilgrims could be referred to as the founders because they started to make America what it is today, but by force of course (Class Notes). Unintentional rhyming.

So we have learned that learning styles including gender are a big part of diversity and how as a teacher to incorporate effective learning into the classroom. Now we switch gears and think about a multicultural classroom. Multicultural refers to race, ethnicity, and culture. Race is a group of persons sharing a common publicly determined category often connected to genetic characteristics, physical looks, and heritage. Today, about one in three Americans are of color (Sadker, p. 76). Ethnicity refers to common cultural behaviors such as language, religion, and dress. Culture is a set of learned beliefs, values, symbols, and behaviors, a way of life shared by members of a society. This is a category altogether referred to as multicultural and is the common thought when diversity is said. Multicultural individuals were in the past and

I want to begin by reflecting on how beneficial our first few classes were in creating an accepting atmosphere. Without developing rules as a group for how to go about conversing about controversial topics, I feel that our class would not have proven as successful as it turned out to be. Creating a safe haven for speaking about cultural competence was not only very much appreciated, but it also allowed our minds to flourish and gain more awareness through asking questions without hesitation.

The United States serves as a culturally rich country who opens its arms to individuals from many different ethnicities, backgrounds, and life experiences. It seeks to be the melting pot of a blended group of people, providing opportunity and equity for all. Consequently, our educational system is the cornerstone for providing equal opportunity for all persons. Therefore, as the United States continues to be immersed with individuals from various cultures, the educational system must consistently seek to assure that educational opportunities are equally distributed to our students. In order for this task to be accomplished, developing a well-defined illustration of what multicultural education is necessary.

Diversity in classrooms can open student’s minds to all the world has to offer. At times diversity and understanding of culture, deviant experiences and perspectives can be difficult to fulfill, but with appropriate strategies and resources, it can lead students gaining a high level of respect for those unlike them, preferably than a judgmental and prejudiced view.

Topic: Choose a topic that interests you and would probably interest your audience (the class). Consider what your audience already knows about this topic and what their attitude about this topic will be. Do not inform us of something we already know tons about. You may not choose something that could be done as a demonstration speech.

There are many factors that play a role in the learning process for every human being. Race, religion, language, socioeconomics, gender, family structure, and disabilities can all affect the ways in which we learn. Educators must take special measures in the delivery of classroom instruction to celebrate the learning and cultural differences of each of their students. As communities and schools continue to grow in diversity, teachers are searching for effective educational programs to accommodate the various learning styles of each student while promoting acceptance of cultural differences throughout the classroom. It no longer suffices to plan educational experiences only for middle-or upper class white learners and then