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www.aed204assist.com AED 204 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ
2AED 204 Week 1 CheckPoint Top Ten
Characteristics of a Multicultural SchoolAED 204
Week 2 CheckPoint Differences in Socioeconomic
StatusAED 204 Week 2 Assignment Educational
Implications of Socioeconomic Status (Appendix
D)AED 204 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2AED 204 Week 3
CheckPoint Personal StatementAED 204 Week 4
CheckPoint Sexual Harassment ScenarioAED 204
Week 4 Assignment Debunking Gender
MisconceptionsAED 204 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2AED
204 Week 5 CheckPoint Equal Inclusion Case Law
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AED 204 Week 1 CheckPoint Top Ten Characteristics
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Characteristics of a Multicultural School
Environment      Resource Ch. 1 of Multicultural
Education in a Pluralistic Society      Due Date
Day 5 post to the Individual forum      Use the
lists on p. 7 of the text to create a list of the
top ten characteristics of a  multicultural
school environment.    Rank the characteristics
in order from most important to least
important.      Provide a 100- to 150-word
justification for your rankings. 
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1       Due Date Day 2 post to the Main
forum      Post your response to the following
Other than the obvious obstacles of prejudice and
discrimination (such as, boys getting more
attention than girls minorities in poor        
 schools and so forth), name two other factors
that have the potential to prevent equality in
education. Elaborate on the two you choose. 
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AED 204 Week 2 Assignment Educational
Implications of Socioeconomic Status (Appendix
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signment Educational Implications of
Socioeconomic Status Matrix       Resources
Appendix D and Ch. 2 of Multicultural Education
in a Pluralistic Society      Due Date Day 7
Individual forum      Use the information
provided in Ch. 2 of the text to determine the
potential impact of socioeconomic status on
education in the following areas teacher
expectations, student        tracking, equal
representation in the curriculum, and financial
support for schools.  
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AED 204 Week 2 CheckPoint Differences in
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Socioeconomic Status       Resource Page 53 of
Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic
Society      Due Date Day 5 Individual
forum      Read the Differences in Socioeconomic
Status section on p. 53 of the text.       Write
a 350- to 500-word response addressing the
following points    List three social factors
that most impact the scenario.  
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Individual forum      Write a 350- to 500-word
statement that reflects on how your ethnicity
influences your personalbehavior, attitudes, and
values.      Post your statement. 
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1       Due Date Day 2 Main forum      Post
your response to the following Based on the
reading in Ch. 3 of the text, what factors do you
think most contributed to the Supreme Court's
decision in Brown v. Board       of Education
(1954)? How does this decision continue to impact
education today?   Discussion Question 2      
Due Date Day 4 Main forum      Post your
response to the following Read the opening
scenario on pp. 91-92 of the text. How would you
resolve this situation? What strategies would you
use to incorporate 
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AED 204 Week 4 Assignment Debunking Gender
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Gender Misconceptions       Resource Appendix
E      Due Date Day 7 Individual forum     
Consider that there are many gender
misconceptions in education. For example,
some  people believe that boys are more suited
for and more interested in math and
science.  Think about other stereotypes that
exist related to gender. How do these stereotypes
and  misconceptions impact education in the
United States? What are your beliefs
regarding  ability differences between males and
females in general and in education?
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AED 204 Week 4 CheckPoint Sexual Harassment
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Harassment Scenario       Resource Pages
161-163 of Multicultural Education in a
Pluralistic Society      Due Date Day 5
Individual forum      Read the sexual
harassment section on pp. 161-163 and the
scenario at the top of p. 162 of the text.     
Answer the questions that follow the scenario at
the top of p. 162.      Post your answers. 
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AED 204 Week 5 CheckPoint Equal Inclusion Case
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heckPoint Equal Inclusion Case Law      
Resource Pages 181-191 of Multicultural
Education in a Pluralistic Society      Due
Date Day 5 Individual forum      List each of
the cases and laws affecting the equal inclusion
of students with disabilities from pp. 181-191 of
the text.      Explain, in no more than 150
words per law, what requirements each law places
on educators in their classrooms.  
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1       Due Date Day 2 Main forum      Post
your response to the following What are some
factors that      contribute to the
disproportional representation of minority
students in special education classes? Explain
your answer.   Discussion Question 2 
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AED 204 Week 6 Assignment Religious
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Impact Matrix       Resources Appendix F
Electronic Reserve Readings for Week 5, located
on the student  web page and the Compare
Worldviews Web page at      Due Date Day 7
Individual forum      Complete the
following   Assume you are on the school board
of your local school district and you are
tasked  with the job of strategic planning for
issues facing your district. 
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AED 204 Week 6 CheckPoint The First Amendment and
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Resource Electronic Reserve Readings for Week 5,
located on the student web page      Due Date
Day 5 Individual forum      List five key
educational issues related to the First Amendment
from your reading. Briefly describe how each
issue impacts the classroom.      Post your
response. 
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AED 204 Week 7 CheckPoint Legal and Ethical
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English Language   Learners       Due Date Day
5 Individual forum      Consider that in
recent years several states have abandoned
bilingual education, but  advocacy groups have
argued that something must be done to help
English Language  Learners master necessary
competencies.       Complete an Internet search
to find at least two instances of conflicts
between the legal  and ethical issues confronting
the education of English Language Learners. For
example, 
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1       Due Date Day 2 Main forum      Post
your response to the following questions How
should a student's language development affect
the way instruction and assessments are designed?
Why?   Discussion Question 2       Due Date Day
4 Main forum      Post your response to the
following Imagine that you teach in a large,
linguistically diverse school district where
nearly 20 different languages are spoken. How
might this 
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om Assignment Creating an At-Risk Program      
Resources Ch. 8 of Multicultural Education in a
Pluralistic Society and Appendix E      Due
Date Day 7 Individual forum      Imagine that
you have been asked to serve on the advisory
board for a new, alternative  school program in
your school district.
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Suicidal Tendencies in Students       Resource
Ch. 8 of Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic
Society      Due Date Day 5 Individual
forum      Complete the following points   Find
reputable Web sites on the Internet that list
signs to look for when children and  adolescents
are being abused, using drugs, and have suicidal
tendencies. 
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www.aed204assist.com Capstone Discussion
Question        Due Date Day 3 Main forum   
  Post 350- to 500-word response to the
following You have the ability to choose three
or  four books for your students. Based on what
you have learned in this course, how can  you
assess the level of bias and stereotypes in the
contents of these texts? What are  your criteria?
Is there a level of bias you feel is acceptable?
If so, how can that be  addressed with your
students? 
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AED 204 Week 9 Final Project Creating a Plan for
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Plan for a Culturally Diverse Classroom     
Resources Appendix A and all reading assignments
for the course      Due Date Day 7 Individual
forum      Consider that each person in the
education profession should continually add items
to  his or her professional portfolio to
represent his or her educational philosophy and
beliefs.  Often, paraprofessional educators
forget that the atmosphere of the classroom is
as  important as the instructional content being
delivered to the students.
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