Diversity

Stacey C. BurgessED 301-02

Why?The High school is providing diversity workshops for grades 9-12. The administration wishes for you, as the teacher, to include diversity lessons in your classroom. The lessons herein are for 9/10th graders.

Table of ContentsGeneral diversity web links/activitiesAge diversity web links/activitiesBelief system web links/activitiesSocial class web links/activitiesExceptionalities web links/activitiesDisabilities web links/activitiesGender web links/activitiesLanguage web linksRace/ethnicity web linksRace/ethnicity/language activitiesSexual orientation web links/activitiesTeaching resources web links

General Diversity Web Links

Foundation for Middle East PeaceFacts About Employment DiscriminationSchool Funding EquityDiversity JournalDiversity World

General ActivitiesQuestion: What does diversity mean? Students will answer this question in their writing journals.Once students have a working theory of diversity they will list what groups are considered a diverse group.Once they have what groups of people are considered diverse, we will expand on the question and ask what makes that group diverse in their opinion.Students will get into a group and share their answers to see if their class mates feel that the same things make a group diverse.Finally the class will be brought back together and further examination of the issue will be done in a class discussion.

Age Web LinksCloser look at Teen Pregnancy this is an important topic for 9th and 10th graders due to the fact several of their peers will become pregnant.Advocates for Youth A site for teens about teens. Deals with a lot of issues that come up in High school; sex, drugs, and alcohol. Types of age discrimination to show that teens aren’t the only age discriminated against. Also, teens should respect their elders.

Age Web Links continuedAOASome information about the elderly.

Divorce and Adoption this site provides information on nontraditional family life.

Age ActivitiesHave students write and act out a skit in which one student is an elderly man/woman and a couple of other students represent the younger generation. Have students answer questions such as these in their skit:

How are the elderly treated by younger generation?If the skit takes place in the work place how might forced early retirement affect the elderly?

After the students have put on the skit the rest of the class will do a free write on what they just witnessed.

ContinuedHave students read selected sections of Go Ask Alice aloud and then have a class discussion on drugs.Watch Riding in Cars with Boys and write an informal essay on how the movie would be different if the action had taken place in 2003.Listen to Pink’s “Family Portrait” and then have a class discussion regarding the lyrics. Take students to the library and have them research teen alcoholism and write a pamphlet for a rehab center.

Beliefs Web LinksThe Sephardic-Moroccan Page This page discusses the art of Henna, which is a popular skin ornamentation technique currently. This site will provide information on who uses Henna,the real reason women use Henna and why.Prayer in Schoolsontrov rs l toc e ia pic

regarding all religions. Native American SpiritualityA topic that should be considered when learning about early American history and reading early American literature.Japanese BuddhismHindu Universe

Beliefs ActivitiesHave a debate over Religion in schools. Students will be divided up into groups. Each group will have a Pro Religion side and a Con Religion side. Each side will have to be presented in a civilized manner.Have students get into groups of three and research a religion and give a presentation to the class on their findings.Read excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank and then open the floor for class discussion.

ContinuedWatch a portion of Schindler’s List and then have students free write their responses to the film.Read portions of Wind Wolf Woman as a way to address Native American spirituality.

Social Class Web LinksERIC Digest 83 - Poverty and Learningwebsite with stats for poverty in the United States.Middle Class America - America's Hope for Tomorrowa very Pro Middle class website.Social ClassBritish stand point on “caste” and some interesting links.An Overview of Social Inequalitysome very nice graphs.SOCIAL CLASS AND DISABILITYinformation on class in the United States.

Social Class ActivitiesStudents will Read The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck and when finished will create a Poster to demonstrate what changed in Wang Lung, the main character, when he shifted classes.Based on this novel students will do a free write on the different social classes presented in the novel.Students then will write a compare and contrast paper on the social classes demonstrated in the book and in the United States.

ContinuedStudents, following the book, will fill out a graphic organizer explaining which character belongs to what social class in the book.Students will do a journal entry. Journal Prompt: Why do we associate poverty with social class?

Exceptionalities Web LinksThe National Foundation for Gifted and Creative ChildrenNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GIFTED CHILDREN HOME PAGEThe Gifted Child SocietyWelcome to GT-World!Gifted Resources Organization Page

Exceptionalities ActivitiesWatch A Beautiful Mind. Have students complete a free write on the movie.Journal entry. Prompt: What do you think it means to be gifted?Have students list famous people who are giftedHave students research one famous gifted person and have them write an essay on that person.

Disabilities Web LinksFederation for Children with Special NeedsED385095 1995-08-00 Academic Interventions for Children with Dyslexia Who Have Phonological Core Deficits. ERIC Digest E539.Special Education/IDEACOSERRC MenuWhat's It Like To Have Add?

Disabilities ActivitiesHave a guest speaker come in to discuss learning disabilities with studentsHave half of the class read the book After the Dancing Days and the other half read The Alfred Summer.Students will participate in reading group situationEach group will create a poster about their books.Each group will write a summary of the novel.Each group will elect representatives, distribute the summary to the other half of the class, and give a short presentation on their posters.

Gender Web LinksMen's issuesGender ShockWomen's/Gender StudiesChicana Feminist HomepageGender Inequality

Gender ActivitiesFree write on what, to the students, is a male or female job.Have a speaker come in and discuss gender issues.Research how women were treated in the 18th and 19th centuries.Have girls read The River by Gery Paulson boys read a book The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.After reading the books students will be pulled back together and asked what the differences between the two narrations are. (aside from male female.)

Race/Ethnicity Web LinksLatino Sports LegendsAfrican American ResourcesArab AcademyCeltic ConnectionWelcome to India

Language Web LinksBias-Free LanguageHelping the World CommunicateEnsenada Spanish Language SchoolNational Directory of Early Foreign LanguageLanguage, Culture, and Diversity

Activities for Language and Ethnicity

Language and ethnicity go together therefore, a student needs to pick a culture and research the native language and culture and write a research paper.Watch foreign film.Take notes while watching, observing the various cultural differences.Read Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.Graphic organizer on the differences between life as a Chinese American woman and life as a Chinese woman. Read Le Petit Prince Discuss book during class.

ContinuedCreate a travel brochure on a particular culture. Stating the countries that partake in this culture and language.Make a list of languages that have influenced American English and on the other side of the sheet list some words that have been borrowed from those other languages.Have a guest speaker come in and lecture about a certain culture.

Sexual Orientation Web Links

Department of Energy Gay,Lesbian, Bisexual employeesLesbianJournal of Gender Law & PolicySexual Orientation LawTeen Sexuality

Sexual Orientation Activities

Read Traveling Light by Katrina Kittle.Free write right after the brother passes away to capture students gut response to the novel.Discuss the themes involved in the book by writing a thematic essay.Reading Journal: Discuss how the novel is either stereotypical or not.Media study…how does the media treat sexuality. Create one of the following: a media montage (i.e. music, movies, television, and book clips) an essay, or a speech.

Teaching Resources Web Links

Teaching ToleranceLearn in FreedomGentle TeachingCultural Diversity/Multicultural Tools Activities WorkbookPrograms for Educational Opportunities