COLLABORATION -Diversity

by Seema Sumod

1. hello

2. Foreign Language Week (Sometime in March)

3. Hispanic Heritage 9/15-10/15

3.1. Spanish Harlem

3.1.1. Spanish Baseball Hall of Fame

3.2. WebQuest

4. Black History Month

4.1. Timeline http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html

5. Minority is the Majority

5.1. whats considered a minority

6. What time are we meeting besides the Wednesday?

6.1. EEV Collab-Nov 1

7. diverse learning styles and environments

8. annotate and celebrate LI diversity

9. Diversity website

10. Teaching Diversity

11. RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT DIVERSITY

11.1. http://www.diversitycouncil.org/midActivities.shtml

11.2. http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/eisen-eli/diversity.html

11.3. http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edmulticult.htm#tolerance

11.4. http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edmulticult.htm#collections

11.5. http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/tepd/pdsite/lp/mcdivlp.html

11.6. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g912/afrolanguage.html

11.7. http://www.teachersagainstprejudice.org/

12. Fall,2007 - Create website, calendar of events on LI, and resources.

12.1. The calendar will help to celebrate diversity and discuss it in class throughout the year.

13. Sample student work using audio, video, and written work.

14. Sample teacher lessons addressing diversity within the classroom

15. Cross cultures

16. Common ground between different people

17. opening up communication between different groups

18. Creating partnerships between classes, schools, etc.

19. BLOG: Creating a blog about diversity everyone can talk about upcoming events or share their view or reflections.

19.1. Students can talk about their experiences with overcoming diversity

19.2. Students can share cultural differences

19.3. Students and teachers can share customs and traditions to educate everyone about the cultural diversities.

20. WIKI: We could also create a Wiki for teachers where they could discuss ideas on lessons that teach diversity.

20.1. Students and parents could also use wiki for support

21. Students can have Pen Pals in different ethnic areas

22. Teaching Multicultural Literature

23. Books on Diversity

23.1. http://www.atwoodpublishing.com/books/235.htm

23.2. http://www.diversity-books.com/

23.3. http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/diversity/default.aspx?id=7498

23.4. Books for Teaching about Cultural Diversity Through Celebrations

24. http://www.diversityresources.com/

25. Students create a diversity book