I am doing a classroom project for my Introduction to Teaching class. We are looking for websites that tell of how a teacher, school, or maybe even a school district promoted cultural diversity.
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My daughter is in daycare, one day I came back to drop her off something and all the black kids were at one table and the white kids at the other, she is mixed so she was at the black table.\n\nI really don't know if this was intentional or a method like last names. It is a really good daycare and she has never had a prob there.
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Hi Sarah, try this site.\nHope it helps!\nhttp://www.awea.org/pubs/documents/TeachersGuide.pdf
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www.edhelper.com my teachers use this web site all the time and it is really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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All of these seem to have good starts for ideas,\n\nhttp://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/Experiments_and_Activities/Science_Fairs/\nhttp://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/\nhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/\nhttp://www.scifair.org/\nhttp://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/\nhttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html\nhttp://staff.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
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http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/
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Contact the school district office.  Most of this information is pubicly displayed however, it may not be listed online.  Good luck on your project.
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Check out http://www.ClassTopic.com They have some great topics that I've used in the past. Each topic has three good sources to get you started on the research, too.
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This probably isn't going to be much help, but this is my best experience. \n\nA lady that I used to work with has taught in many urban settings. She talked about working with people from Teach for America. Her view on it was always favorable. \n\nHope that helps.
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I'd try PBS or A&E. A&E will often have "In the Classroom" programs. Hope that helped.
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here is a 2 link that might help you...it well supply u with alot of links u can check out...hope they r what your looking 4...good luick in your project...
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A thematic unit is generated through your class's interest and your own. Themes that hold interest to you and the students create a strong basis for motivation. There is no right or wrong topic for this. You can do anything from Native Americans, holidays around the world, there is no set theme that you need. I just did one for second graders on farming and barn animals.
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That's what we did at our school, we started a cultural club and put together shows. Bake sales are good idea, just make good stuff. I dont know how big your school is or how much the school and the community values cultures, but maybe you could write something up about what it is your doing and ask local business to make a donation.  You could do this thing i think it's called slave for a day. where you auction off students to other students and they have to wear the clothes they tell them, they can put makeup on them, do their hair, and make them do silly things like sing in the cafeteria. obviously inapropriate things dont' work. Ok hope you get some stuff together
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Speaking as a teacher who has assigned research reports, I warn my students about Wikipedia.  I tell them it is a good starting point only.  I teach them how to think critically and how to evaluate information by showing them how to look at several different sources and see how much of the information is the same, and if it differs, to see what those differences mean.  \n\nWikipedia is a jumping-off point to more reliable, standard research.  That anyone can edit it means that there are going to be people out there with agendas who may write bias into the information.  I also teach my students about lies of commission and lies of omission as part of how people are persuaded to believe things.  \n\nWhile it is possible to keep a neutral point of view on most subjects that are not that controversial, I'd be extremely leery of "hot button" topics like abortion, racism, sexism, etc. -- basically anything that people have very strong feelings about.  However, having said that, looking up such "hot button" topics is a great way to study bias, propaganda, prejudice, persuasion and the emotional appeal of language.\n\nCheers, K
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Diversity In the United States? \nTry to show relation to class or teacher? school? town?\n1. Boring chart of where most/least diverse. (Only don't make it boring.)\n2. Type of diversity you are talking about, plastic overlays for each over USA map?\n3. Historical influxes of people - relate to popular books/movies \n4. Children of 1st wave,  2nd wave \n5. Reasons to come here, were they worth it? # that went back? Reasons for going back?\n6. Social-political power? Changes in town/city?\n7. Education of children better or worse = diversity?\n8. Impact on market/stores - where's the money? \n9. Impact diversity has on modern life, inventions, freedoms, etc.\n\nI hope some of this helpful.(?)
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well my culture has influence the classroom setting a lot where the teacher has the say in the class\nmeaning we students arent allowed to voice out our opinions that much\nthis culture tends to be permenant in the child's faculty even when they've reached univeristy level.\nlangauge proficienncy varies\nbut mostly what there always what the teacher says is always correct\neven when its wrong\nim from malaysia and a malay
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Here are a few sites with interesting activities and lesson plans for teachin ESL
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http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/aboriginalaustralia.htm#famous\n\ngood luck