Diversity Lesson

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Diversity Lesson

• Katie Bornhorst, Kristen Race, Meghen Sanders,
  Andy Wheeler

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Table of Contents

• General Diversity
• Teaching Resources
• Age
• Belief System/Religion
• Class
• Exceptionalities

• Disabilities
• Gender
• Language
• Race/Ethnicity
• Sexual Orientation

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Diversity Awareness Tolerance

• Sophomore English

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General Diversity Websites

• Center for Multicultural, Multilingual Research
  http//www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/
• Diversity Works!
  http//www.non-trivial.com/f_div.htm
• Addressing Cultural Diversity Issues
  http//www.introspecinc.com/
• Diversity World http//www.diversityworld.com/
• Diversity
• http//www.crh.noaa.
• gov/diversity/diversity.htm

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General Diversity Activities

• Participate in the Respect Exercise to discuss
  your views on respect in the classroom.
• Conduct a census to identify classsmates
  ancestral origins.
• Write a Who Am I Poem to express what is
  important about your identity.
• Have a discussion about the definitions of
  prejudice, racism, classism, sexism, and
  homophobia.
• Discuss ways in which you were made to feel
  included or excluded in a
  particular situation.

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Teaching Resources Websites

• Promoting Recognition of Diversity
  http//prod.netfirms.com/index.htm
• Teaching Tolerance http//splcenter.org/teachingto
  lerance/tt-index.html
• Gentle Teaching http//www.gentleteaching.nl/
• The Faculty Connection http//www.facultyconnectio
  n.org/
• Multicultural Tools Activities Workbook
  http//www.hrpress-diversity.com/fieldboo.html

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Teaching Resources Activities

• After reading the poem Magic Carpet, write
  about whether there was ever any part of your
  identity that you wanted to hide.
• After reading the poem We Wear the Mask, have a
  discussion about Paul Lawrence Dunbars
  underlying message.
• Have a discussion about societys representation
  of females through the media.
• Fingerpaint to express your individuality and
  then compare pictures with classmates to
  illustrate diversity.
• Discuss how labels are created and how they
  affect students lives throughout their
  educational careers.

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Age Diversity Websites

• Types of Age Discrimination http//website.lineone
  .net/caade/dtypes.htm
• Child Rights http//www.unicef.org/pon95/chil0000.
  html
• National Resource Center for Youth Services
  http//www.nrcys.ou.edu/
• Teen Focus
• http//webhome.idirect.com/
• mccann/index.html
• AARP
• http//www.aarp.org/

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Age Diversity Activities

• Discuss the controversial issues concerning child
  labor laws in the U.S. and less developed
  countries.
• Interview an elderly person to gain an insight as
  to how the world has changed.
• Conduct research and write a report about a
  social or health issue that affects the elderly.
• Conduct research to learn what rights students
  have as minors.
• Write a journal entry addressing how you envision
  the world to be
• when you are ninety
• and how you
• expect to be treated.

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Belief System/Religion Diversity Websites

• Religion and Spirituality http//library.ppld.org/
  WebPicks/Admin/WebPicksByCategory.asp?keywordReli
  gion20and20Spirituality
• InfoTree http//infotree.library.ohiou.edu/bysubje
  ct/humanities/religion/
• ClayGate 200 Religion http//library.bendigo.latr
  obe.edu.au/irs/webcat/200.htm
• The Founding Fathers on Religion
  http//religion.aynrand.org/quotes.html
• Big Issue Ground http//thomasash.hypermart.net/po
  liticsandsociety/peters-churchstateoverview.html

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Belief System/Religion Diversity Activities

• Research one religion different from your own and
  write a five page paper.
• Write a narrative from the point of view of a
  member of your researched religion.
• Chose a teacher approved novel and write a brief
  paper explaining the role of religion.
• Make a picture collage of different dress,
  prayers, traditions, etc.
• Research a social or political issue and create
  arguments for at least three separate religions.

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Class Diversity Websites

• Social Class Home Page http//www.spc.uchicago.edu
  /SocialClass/
• Social Classes
• http//www.lepg.org/classes.htm
• Socialization
• http//www.tamu.edu/socdept/
• faculty/rschaf/5SOCIALI.htm
• National Coalition for the Homeless
  http//www.nationalhomeless.org/
• Social Class
• http//www.
• scholars.nus.edu.sg/victorian/

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Class Diversity Activities

• Categorize your favorite television shows based
  on the families socioeconomic status.
• Research and write a report on the caste system
  and its effects on nonwestern countries.
• Take a field trip to a soup kitchen to help
  prepare and serve meals.
• In a journal entry, list your most precious
  possessions and contrast how they would change if
  you could no longer afford them.
• Watch Trading Places
• and write about how the
• characters lives change in
• transition of the social classes.

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Exceptionality Diversity Websites

• Resources for People with an Interest in Gifted
  Children
• http//207.228.215.62/resources.html
• VSG Enrichment http//www.vsg.edu.au/default.htm
• National Association for Gifted Children
  http//www.nagc.org/
• The National Foundation for
• Gifted and Creative Children
• http//www.nfgcc.org/
• Gifted and Talented Resources Home Page
  http//www.eskimo.com/user/kids.html

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Exceptionality Diversity Activities

• Explore the VSG website given above and
  investigate different courses and resources.
• Become pen pals with other talented and gifted
  students.
• Conduct a college hunt and share your discoveries
  with your classmates.
• Explore dual exceptionalities and brainstorm as a
  class the challenges these students must
  overcome.
• Conduct research, write to scholars, and create a
  hypothesis as to whether Shakespeare wrote his
  own plays. Be prepared to defend your statement!
  

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Disability Diversity Websites

• LDOnlline
• http//www.ldonline.org/
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• http//www.ncld.org/
• Children with Disabilities http//www.childrenwith
  disabilities.ncjrs.org/
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
  http//www.c-c-d.org/
• AAPD
• http//www.aapd.com/

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Disability Diversity Activities

• Read through and discuss The Survival Guide for
  Teenagers with LD.
• Watch The Mighty and discuss how the boys help
  each other and what adversities they face.
• Practice using People-First language,
  acknowledging the person first and the disability
  second.
• Choose a specific disability and complete an
  independent research project.
• Tutor a student with a
• learning disability.

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Gender Diversity Websites

• The Sexual Health Network http//www.sexualhealth.
  com/content/index.cfm?TopicGender20Diversity
• DiversityInc.com
• http//www.diversityinc.com/
• Womens Equity Resource Center http//www.edc.org/
  WomensEquity/Highlights/TAConference/geaware.htm
• Center for Health and Gender Equity
  http//www.genderhealth.org/
• Gender Equity in Education http//www.ed.gov/offic
  es/ODS/g-equity.html

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Gender Diversity Activities

• Answer the journal prompt If I had been born
  male/female. . .
• Make a list of disadvantages and advantages of
  your gender. Be prepared to share.
• Watch the film Free a Man to Flight Women
  Soldiers of WWII. Write a one page summary.
• Research and write a report on a woman in
  history, include biographies and contributions.
• Discuss media and peer pressure about the ideal
  body image. Find magazine pictures of
  preferred images.

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Language Diversity Websites

• The Nonverbal Dictionary http//members.aol.com/no
  nverbal2/diction1.htm
• Language Translation Portal http//babblefish.com/
  babblefish/
• Jay Allens Toons and Jokes http//home.earthlink.
  net/jayallentoons/english.htm
• Learn a Foreign Language http//www.lifeintheusa.c
  om/community/tenant.htm
• Anatomy of the English-Only Movement
  http//ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFOR
  D/anatomy.htm

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Language Diversity Activities

• After viewing Monsoon Wedding, complete a
  journal entry discussing the phenomenon of
  code-switching.
• Use the previously mentioned websites to find
  your name in three different languages.
• After observing classmates for a week, discuss
  what type of body language was used.
• Find a word in the dictionary with a foreign
  origin. Use a PC interactive dictionary to
  determine where this word came from and how we
  came to use it today.
• Interview a speaker of a foreign language.

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Race/Ethnicity Diversity Websites

• Countrywatch.com http//www.countrywatch.com/cw_re
  gions.asp?REGION1
• K-12 Electronic Guide for African Resources on
  the Internet http//www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Stud
  ies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
• U.S. Department of Affairs African Issues
  http//usinfo.state.gov/regional/af/
• African American Holidays http//community-2.webtv
  .net/NitaRobinson/AMostExcellent/page2.html
• Alan Paton Center http//unp.az.za/UNPDepartments/
  library/paton/ahome.htm

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Race/Ethnicity Diversity Activities

• Take the Multicultural Awareness quiz
• Answer key questions about Alan Paton and Cry,
  the Beloved Country.
• Complete the handout entitled Circle of My
  Multicultural Self.
• Read and compare multicultural and American
  folktales.
• Complete a journal entry, reflecting on your
  views about multicultural diversity.

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Sexual Orientation Diversity Websites

• Fighting Homophobia Discrimination
  http//darkwing.uoregon.edu/program/harass.html
• Human Rights Act http//nz.com/NZ/Queer/human.righ
  ts.sexual.orientation.html
• Sexual Orientation Among Male-to-Female
  Transsexuals http//members.tripod.com/terrim/ORI
  ENT.htm
• Ring of Friends Home Page http//members.aol.com/H
  orsemom2/CB.html
• Protection of Lesgay Students http//www.religious
  tolerance.org/hom_stud.htm

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Sexual Orientation Diversity Activities

• Watch and discuss a documentary on hate crimes
  created by the Minnesota Center Against Violence
  and Abuse.
• Create questions and conduct an anonymous survey
  to determine the schools overall opinion about
  sexual orientation.
• Develop school laws to protect homosexuals and
  bisexuals from violence and harassment.
• Research and compare laws pertaining to
  homosexuality in the U.S. and other countries.
• Discuss sexual stereotypes
• in the media and their
• effects on viewers judgments.

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