LIBRARY OF THE DIVERSE

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LIBRARY OF THE DIVERSE

• Diversity lesson for Mr. Lucas 11th grade
  American literature classes
• Unit Library of the Diverse
• Lessons 11 separate studys
• prepared by Herb Lucas, a diverse character
  himself

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TABLET OF CONTENTICLES
1-TITLE SLIDE
9-DISABILITIES 2-CONTENTS TABLE
10-GENDER 3-DIVERSITY
11-LANGUAGE 4-RESOURCES
12-RACE/ETHNICITY 5-AGE BIAS
13-SEXUAL PRFERNCS 6-BELIEF SYSTEMS
14-SUMMARY 7-SOCIAL ORDER
15-CONCLUSION 8-EXCEPTIONALITIES
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LIFE IS A BOOKCASE

• You determine what books you want in your
  shelves.
• You can limit your reading, ignoring a wealth of
  pleasure,
• Or you can wallow in the eclectic slop--the
  ecstasy!

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Resources for Teaching this Unit

• Use your experience.
• Be honest.
• Use your students and their experiences.
• Check w/ special ed.
• Use testimonies.

• This power point presentation.
• All websites linked within.
• Literature cited.
• Use your personal contacts for flesh blood
  guest speakers.

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AGE BIAS THE FEAR OF YEARS

• Visit the nursing home.
• Interview older relative.
• 1 page response if you were 9yrsold,describe
  yourself today.
• List elderly traits you dislike.

If you were elderly, what would you dislike about
teenagers?
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MOLDY OLDY, OR TEEN FIEND which are you?

• http//www.caade.net/
• http//www.youthnoise.com/site/CDA/CDA_Page/0,1004
  ,625,00.html
• http//www.geocities.com/hatredsucks/hitmovies.htm
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• http//www.grouchy.com/angst/
• http//www.angelfire.com/ny/views/boytown.html

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RELIGIOUS BIASmy God, your God, no God
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BELIEVE OR NOT BELIEVE just read
about it!

• Heaven or hell, a higher being or a baser
  replacement, a successful, rich reincarnation or
  a return as a slug, on wings of angels or that of
  a fly, celestial choir or rotting box of bones.
  Explore!

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Suggested activities to enhance your Belief
Exploration

• VISIT 3 DIFFERENT WORSHIP SERVICES.
• WRITE A 1-2 PAGE REPORT ON EACH SERVICE.
• READ AND GIVE AN ORAL REPORT ON 1 BOOK ABOUT
  REL.DISC.

• WRITE A 3 PAGE PAPER ON WHATS THE USE OF
  BELIEVING? YOU MAY BE PRO OR CON.
• ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION OF STUDENTS BELIEFS.

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WEBSITES TO VISIT

• http//etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/
• http//crusades.boisestate.edu/contents.html
• http//www.religioustolerance.org/atheist.htm
• http//wri.leaderu.com/
• http//www.religioustolerance.org/

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CLASS BIAS SOCIAL ORDER/CASTE CASTING
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EXCEPTIONALITIES Curse of the Gifted!

• Shes got it so easy!
• He never has to study! It just comes to him
  naturally!
• He beat everyone at chess at 7 yrs old! Hes
  another Bobby Fischer!..er, thats not real good
  news!

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SMART DOESNT GUARANTEE HAPPINESS.

• Watch an episode of Malcolm in the Middle. Write
  a 1 page examination of the problems Malcolm gets
  into because of his intellectual gifts.
• Write a two page paper on What Being Smart Means
  to Me?
• Prepare a 3 minute speech on a one specific gift
  you have, and how you use or dont use it to the
  max.
• Read The Prodigy.
• Research and write a 3 page report on the life of
  a child prodigy.

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SMART PLACES TO VISIT

• http//www.austega.com/gifted/
• http//www.gifteddevelopment.com/Articles/AStudyOf
  241ExtraordGC.htm
• http//www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/12/chun.htm
  
• http//print.ditd.org/floater54.html
• http//www.tvtome.com/MalcolmintheMiddle/

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DISABILITIES extra effort to achieve, extra
effort to accept

• Immersion achieves familiarization
• Acceptance relies upon contact.
• Segredation promotes isolation.
• Joy among hardships, we all share this in one way
  or the other.

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THINGS TO DO

• Enter an internet chat room for the disabled,
  identify yourself, and just chat.
• Read Freak the Mighty
• pair up/blindfold. One is disbled,talk. Tryto
  identyfy the disability.

• Watch the movie, Elephant Man. Oral discussion
  next day.
• Roundtable discussion Carnival Freak shows.

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For further information...

• http//www.ldonline.org/
• http//www.eeoc.gov/laws/ada.html
• http//www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/learndis.htm
• http//www.hawking.org.uk/home/hindex.html
• http//directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_
  and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Congenital_
  Anomalies/Arthrogryposis/Personal_Pages/

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GENDER BIAS The War Between the Sexes
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R-E-S-P-E-C-Twhy cant we all just get along?

• Is there a war between men and women? Just read
  Thurber!!!!!!!
• Men have been taught that men should conquer
  women.(but the women didnt read the same book!).

It seems so simple.. We make it complex.
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Suggestions

• Entire class reverse gender roles for each
  member for the class period.
• Write a 1 page review of how you felt as a
  different gender, any bias?
• Oral response how would you respond to your
  teacher if he/she was a different gender?
• Watch All of Me, the movie.
• Write short story a world ruled by women.

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SITES TO PERUSE..

• http//womensissues.about.com/cs/genderdisc/
• http//www.theglassceiling.com/
• http//www.golfstarsonline.com/S/Annika_Sorenstam/
  
• http//www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/kkerns/wowr
  itlg.html
• http//www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/kkerns/wowr
  itlg.html

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LANGUAGE BIAS just talk louder!

• Contrary to popular opinion, not knowing the
  prevalent language doesnt mean youre deaf.
  Language differnces are rich treasures for our
  ears.

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Habla espanol? Bon jour! Ciao!

• Freewrite as many foreign phrases/word as you
  can.
• Create four foreign countries in your classroom.
  Devise your own vocabulary. Send out ambassadors.

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Continued.

• Read aloud a childrens book written in a foreign
  language.
• Roundtable discussion foreign stereotypes.
• 3 minute oral reportwhat foreign place do I want
  to visit.

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WEBSITES TO TRAVEL TO

• http//www.ilovelanguages.com/
• http//www.germany-tourism.de/
• http//www.franceguide.com/
• http//www.trace-sc.com/
• http//www.ddc.com/cheferic/foreign.htm

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RACE BIAS ETHNIC AND COLOR PHOBIAS
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THINGS TO DO

• READ The Invisible Man.
• Write a 2 page report of how your life would be
  different if you were a (pick a different race).

• List 5 famous people from 5 different cultures
• sample several magazines of different ethnicity.
• Oral report why do we fight over color?

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COLORFUL WEBSITES

• http//shr.aaas.org/dhr/detail.php?e_id36
• http//www.mkgandhi.org/
• http//www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm
• http//www.understandingprejudice.org/
• http//www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.ht
  ml

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SEXUAL ORIENTATIONdo you really want to hurt
me?

• Our culture has changed, considerably! Sexual
  tolerance has improved over the years, with
  media, celebreties, and dont ask, dont tell
  policies.

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Some accept, some still attack.
Matthew Shepherd
A-Team meets Boy George
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PLACES TO RESEARCH

• http//uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/lgbta/shepard.htm
• http//www.glaad.org/
• http//www.showgate.com/tots/gross/wildeweb.html
• http//www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Resources/
  OrganizingResources/history.html
• http//www.personalchoice.org/churches/sexualtoler
  ance.html

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ACTIVITIES TO PURSUE

• Round table discussion do gays disturb you?
• 3 page paper progress/non-progress of sexual
  tolerance in U.S.
• read The Well of Loneliness.

• Watch the film, Kiss of the Spider Woman.
• 2 page paper on tennis star, Renee Richards.

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Summary Life is like a bookcase. You have the
option of limiting your reading pleasure, or
expanding
Your experiences. The fuller your bookcase, the
richer your reading, and your life.
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CONCLUSION DIVERSITYIS THE SPICE OF LIFE.
OUR DIFFERENCES EXPAND OUR WORLD, AND IN A WORLD
OF INDIVIDUALS, OUR UNIQUENESS UNITES US WITH
COMMONALITY. WE ARE THE BUFFET OF HUMAN EXISTENCE.
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