Preface

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Preface We live in a diverse world and an
increasingly diverse society in the United
States. This diverse society includes a number
of young people who experience some degree of
alienation in our classrooms and schools.
Through the application of multicultural
education concepts, we can strive to create more
inclusive classrooms and schools in which our
students can see themselves in the curriculum.
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Good social studies is multicultural and
multicultural concepts make for good social
studies!
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Multicultural Concepts

• Culture
• Cultural Pluralism
• Diversity is Valued
• Oneness is not sameness balancing difference
  with commonalities
• Multiple Perspectives
• Visibility
• Awareness of Stereotypes

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What is Culture?

• Idealized definition
• The way our ancestors speak through us.

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Culture-Working Definition

• Learned traditions, loyalties, beliefs, customs
  that guide behavior of a group of people.

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We are all multicultural!

• Members of many groups that have cultural aspects
• Gender, social class, regional, ethnicity,
  religious,..
• Race??White, Black, ???
• Dynamic--our loyalties change over time
• Complex--groups overlap

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Cultural Elements

• Values and beliefs
• Customs and traditions
• Language/communication patterns
• Diet and food preparation
• Dress and/or body decoration
• Religious practices
• Family structure
• View of time may vary
• Recreation-athletic games

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CULTURE PROFILE To which group(s) do you
belong? 1.Language --English only Spanish
Chinese Vietnamese Bilingual
Others________________ 2. Ethnicity/National
Origin-people in class with at least one ancestor
from the areas Native American--Tribes/Nations
________________ Latin American--Countries/Region
s Mexico Cuba El Salvador Panama South
American Country, ________________ Euro-Americ
an--Countries/Regions Great Britain (England,
Scotland, Wales) Ireland Germany, France,
Italy, Scandinavia Others ____________ Africa
n American--Countries/Regions ______________ Asia
n American--Countries _____________ Arab
American/ Middle East--Countries ___________ 3.
Religion Christianity Major
Branches-- Catholic Orthodox Mormon
Protestant Protestant Denominations
Baptist,Congregational Disciples of Christ
(Christian Church) Episcopal (Anglican) Friends
(Quaker), Lutheran, Methodist,
Presbyterian Other denominations
__________________ Islam (Muslims)
Branches of Islam Shiite Sunni Judaism
(Jewish) Hindu Buddhist (including
Confucianism, Taoism) Other religions____________
__________ 4. Musical Preference
Country-Western, Rock, Jazz, Rap, R Blues,
Latin, Tejano, Religious, Hip-Hop,Bluegrass 5.
Clothes Casual, formal, uniform, ethnic 6.
Food Fast food, traditional diet, ethnic 7.
Drinks soft drinks, coffee, tea, milk,
alcohol 8. Athletics Golf, Football, Soccer,
Basketball, Baseball, Gymnastics 9. Housing
Apartment, Single family dwelling, dorm 10.
Living location City/urban, rural, small
town 11. Politics Democrat, Republican,
independent 12. Transportation Bicycle, walk,
auto, bus, subway
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Cultural Pluralism

• Multiple identities and loyalties in a nation
• Not a melting pot
• Opposite of Assimilation
• 1890-1910 population doubled
• PIGS-- WASPS
• Not a deficit or deprived--different

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Diversity Has Value

• Paradigm shift from deficit, more than tolerance,
  to view it as a strength
• Music analogy-unison/harmony
• same song---Our song is about equality, civil
  rights social justice included in our founding
  documents!!
• Analogy from Biology--positive adaptation
• Political Science --Democracy is inefficient but
  in the long run the best decisions are made when
  many points of view are listened to

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Oneness is not sameness balancing difference
with commonalities

• E Pluribus Unum
• Balancing Act
• Different yes but much more in common

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Multiple Perspectives

• Important social studies concept
• Not just one story
• Dont believe anything I tell you
• Elian
• Anglo centric
• Imbalance What if Custers men had repeating
  rifles and the kill ratio were higher? Same math
  skills could have been applied with bacteria and
  antibiotics.
• Settled--Won
• Nine Year Freshman Story
• Singer Quote

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Visibility

• Posters, Calendars, Bulletin Boards
• Add history/SS to math to show the contributions
  of many cultures
• First Person Reports
• Many good websites--biographies
• The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
  http//www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/
• Dr. Sarah Greenwald Incorporating Mathematical
  Achievements of Women and Minorities into
  Schools-Classroom Activity Sheets
  http//www.mathsci.appstate.edu/sjg/ncctm/activit
  ies/
• Benjamin Banneker Lesson plan at
  http//teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/By
  rnes-famous/Banneker.htmlobjectives

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Visibility- Curriculum Materials

• REACH Center http//www.reachctr.org/
• Southern Poverty Law Center http//www.splcenter.o
  rg/index.jsp
• Cobblestone--recent issue on contribution of
  women in the civil war
• VOICES Herstory A collection of stories about
  women in history http//www.nokomisfoundation.org/
  herstory.htm

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Visibility Quote

• We, the people. It is a very eloquent
  beginning. But when that document was completed
  on the seventeenth of September 1787, I was not
  included in that We, the people. I felt
  somehow that George Washington and Alexander
  Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But
  through the process of amendment, interpretation,
  and court decision, I have finally been included
  in We the people. Barbara Jordan, House of
  Representatives, 1974

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• Brown Foundation for Educational Equity,
  Excellence and Research
• http//brownvboard Brown Quarterly, other
  resources-- videos
• National Park Service Brown vs. Board of
  Education National Historic Site
• www.nps.gov/brvb
• curriculum materials, videos CDs, Ranger
  visits,
• Video A Case for Equality Reading, Writing, and
  Resistance (elem-middle)
• Video Dialog (high school) phone(785)
  354-4273

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Visibility--Music

• John McCutcheon
• Travelin in the Wilderness
• Cross that Line

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• Other Suggested Resources
• Simple Justice by Richard Kluger both book
  (1975) and movie (video)
• Brown V. Board Of Education, A Brief
  History with Documents, (1998)
• by Waldo E. Martin Jr.
• Black, White Brown video by KTWU (PBS)website
  ktwu.washburn.edu
• Fry,The Struggle Against Separate But
  EqualTeaching About Brown v.
• Topeka, Southern Social Studies Journal, Vol.30
  (1) Fall 2004

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Visibility-Associations

• TODOS Mathematics for ALL http//www.todos-math.o
  rg
• Benjamin Banneker Association www.bannekermath.org
  
• NAME

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Awareness of Stereotypes

• Stereotype, Prejudice (Bias), Discrimination
• Cognitive, Affective, Behavior
• Head, Heart, Hand
• Jane Elliots Eye of the Storm
• Terrible Thomas Jefferson Quote
• Bannekers Twelve Page Letter
• Jefferson Reply-sort of retraction
• Detect stereotypes in materials

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Goals of Students Seeing Themselves in the
Curriculum Include

• Improving the academic achievement of minority
  students
• Build commitment to American ideals of pluralism
  and democracy
• Eliminating bias in classroom interactions and
  learning materials
• Incorporating minority perspectives into the
  curriculum
• Fostering respect and appreciation for the
  contributions to society that minorities have
  made