Which cultural identifiers do you feel experience the most injustices in school? Defend your selection.   DQ2 Evaluate yourself in relation to any three cultural identifiers you found in your research or in the topic materials and share that evaluation. Does this personal evaluation change how you define yourself? After this reflection, what could you […]

Which attitudes, beliefs, and values from your own faith, heritage, and cultural learning support behaviors that demonstrate respect and value of differences? Which attitudes, beliefs, and values from your own heritage and cultural learning impede or hinder respect and value of differences?  How will this affect your interactions with students and families?   DQ2 What […]

Discuss how a teacher should attempt to connect with students who do not share a similar background, life experiences, or situations that influence learning. Consider empathy versus sympathy in terms of your response as well as the individual needs of students.   DQ2 What cultural challenges do you see happening in your future schools/classrooms and […]

Personal Cultural Identity Create a collage with at least eight images that shows your cultural identity by including photographs of artifacts from your culture. These photographs may be personal and/or found through Internet resources. Use the questions below to help drive your image selection:   1.    From where did your ancestors come?   2.  […]

Issues in Multicultural Education Explore local issues in your community that affect the education of diverse students. Possible issues may include, but are not limited to, inequities among districts in your area regarding teaching materials, quality of school programs, funding for cultural enrichment activities, etc.   Research an issue described above and analyze possible solutions […]

Multicultural Book Flyers Choose and read two multicultural picture books, story books or chapter books that are appropriate for the group of students in your program of study. You may use the websites listed in the topic materials or your local library to access possible books for this assignment.   Create a one-page flyer for […]

Educational Citizenship-Character Programs   Choose two educational citizenship/character programs that you could use in your future school setting. Evaluate them using the “Educational Citizenship/Character Programs” document, which includes the following criteria:   1.    Why you chose the program   2.    Rationale for implementation   3.    Resources needed   4.    Cost   […]

Analyze two of the lesson plans in the topic materials, one SIOP and one EEI, using the questions below. Discuss each question as a group, but one analysis is to be written for the group.   1.    Are the objectives aligned with academic standards? State how the lesson objectives support the academic standards.   […]

SERVICE LEARNING IDEAS After viewing “Lessons from the Real World: Social Issues and Student Involvement,”research other service learning opportunities for K-12 students that promote cultural knowledge and the principles of social justice.   Using the “Service Learning Ideas,” submit a list of 7-10 potential service learning projects for K-12 students.   While APA format is […]

Complete a 750-1,000 word rough draft of your research paper on a controversial topic involving a cultural identifier and the implications for K-12 public education.The final version will be submitted in Topic 7.   Using a minimum of three scholarly journal articles from the last three years complete your paper so that it addresses the […]