All Shapes All Sizes A Diversity Project

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All Shapes All SizesA Diversity Project

• By Shawn Styrcula
• Eighth grade
• Diversity Activities

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Table of Contents

• General diversity
• Teachers resources
• Race and Ethnicity
• Religion
• Age

• Class
• Exceptionalities
• Disabilities
• Gender
• Language
• Sexual Orientation

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General

• http//www.diversity-online.org/
• This site has general news articles about racism

• http//www.newton.mec.edu/Brown/TE/DIVERSITY/diver
  sity_home.html
• This is a website by a middle school about
  diversity.

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General

• http//www.kde.state.ky.us/KDE/InstructionalResou
  rces/Equity/ResourcesforSchools/DiversityClubs.
  htm

• http//www.enc.org/topics/equity/stories/stories/
• Has stories about diversity

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Diversity Activities

• http//www.diversitycouncil.org/midActivities.shtm
  l
• Kids could join/ form a diversity club

• http//www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Vi
  rtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/ Multicultural_Educat
  ion/MUL0201.htmlgt
• This site has many activities for the kids

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General Activities

• Kids could have a diversity day

• Kids could fix up a park
• Kids could have an international food day

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Teacher Resources

• http//www.teachingaboutreligion.org/
• Has lessons for teaching religion in schools

• http//www.diversityuintl.com/
• Has lessons for diversity you could try

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• http//www.teachingaboutreligion.com/
• Another site that has lessons and teacher
  resources

• http//www.crede.ucsc.edu/about/news/news41799.htm
  l
• http//www.tolerance.org/teach/expand/mag/grant.js
  p

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Teacher resources

• http//www.adl.org/adl.asp

• http//www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPorta
  l.woa/Homework/Teacher/Resource/Educator_Resources
  /School_Administrators/Multiculturalism_Diversity_
  48179.html

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Race and EthnicityWebsites and Activities

• http//www.afro.com/children/children.html
• www.multiculturalcenter.org/ANEMulti_SERD/

• www.jbhe.com/latest/38_study_on_diversity.html
• www.bop.gov/orepg/oreprcamp_jq2.pdf
• polisci.wisc.edu/coleman/apd/howard.pdf

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Race and Ethnic Diversity Activities

• Kids can have an international food day
• Kids can get a pen pal from another country
• Kids could do a report on another country

• Kids could learn a dance from another country
• Kids could watch a foreign film

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Religion

• www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/
  Multicultural/Religious_Diversity.html
• www.rippleeffects.com/resist/teens/
  religious_diversity/scenario.html

• www.religioustolerance.org/rel_plur.htm
• www.washtimes.com/books/20030323-28590312.htm
• www.ugapress.uga.edu/books/shelf/0820319171.html

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Religion Activities

• Kids could visit a church of a different culture
• Kids could do a report
• write a pen pal
• help a mission trip

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Age

• www.agepositive.gov.uk
• www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/tour/noaudio/tsld036.ht
  m

• www.eeoc.gov/facts/age.html
• www.successunlimited.co.uk/related/agediscr.htm
• http//www.helptheaged.org.uk/CampaignsNews/AgeDi
  scrimination/_default.htm

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Age Activities

• Kids could
• Visit a senior citizens home
• deliver groceries
• volunteer to help with house work
• conduct an interview with a senior citizen

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Class

• http//216.167.118.60/partnersagainsthate.org/stra
  tegies/educators/ antibias.html
• This is a activity dealing with a migrant working
  family

• www.hrw.org/reports/2001/israel2/ISRAEL0901-06.htm
  
• www.sociology.org.uk/tece1tz1.htm
• projects.is.asu.edu/pipermail/ hpn/2001-March/0031
  97.html

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Class Activities

• Kids could
• Volunteer at a homeless shelter
• Go on a mission trip
• Volunteer for meals on wheels
• Help build a house for homes for humanity

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Exceptionalities

• www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/diverse.mhtml
• www.bishops.ntc.nf.ca/special/except.html
• www.geocities.com/djcmathompson/

• www.cedarville.edu/dept/ed/classes/edsp202/
  examples/literature_review_genesi.htm

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Disabilities

• www.cedarville.edu/dept/ed/classes/edsp202/
  examples/literature_review_genesi.htm

• www.ladelta.cc.la.us/contact/faculty_downloads/
  psyc201210syllabus.pdf
• www.jccc.net/acad/outlines/EDUC220.pdf
• www.soe.ku.edu/administration/jobs/SPED_Chair.html
  

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Disabilities

• www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/disability.html
• www.provost.uiuc.edu/campusconduct/disability.html
  

• Activities
• help make a building handicap accessible
• volunteer at a physical therapist office
• Do a report on the different disabilities
• make a new friend

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Gender

• http//www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/HRD/pge.asp
• Website about helping women become more
  interested in the science fields

• http//www.madre.org/index.html
• Women/human rights group

• http//genderstats.worldbank.org/
• -This site has facts and figures

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Language

• http//www.courts.state.ri.us/pdf/Race20and20Cla
  ss20in20the20Criminal20Justice20System20.pdf
  
• Article on language bias in the court system

• www.advogato.org/article/550.html
• www.tchrd.org/pubs/racial/employment/01_language.s
  html
• www.aclunc.org/language/lang-report.html

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Language

• www.lsadc.org/Comrie.html

• Some Activities Would Be
• Have the students learn a new language
• Play a game in another language
• Visit an ethnic store

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Sexual Orientation

• http//www.pps.k12.or.us/district/depts/edmedia/di
  vms.pdf
• list of books about sexual diversity

• www.stfx.ca/people/asdax/
• www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Info-Office/
  news/archive/weeks.htm
• www.fedcan.ca/english/policyandadvocacy/
  win/bibliography.pdf

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Sexual Orientation

• infotree.library.ohiou.edu/single-records/575.html
  
• spirit.owu.edu/sexuality.html

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Sexual Orientation activities

• Kids can read a book
• Kids can do a report