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Teaching Tolerance Celebrating Diversity

• Enriching Life Lessons with
• Technological Tools

Click here to view an exciting introduction video!
Prepared by Kristyn Sanborn
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Contents

• Overview
• Findings
• One World Classrooms
• Tolerance.org Fight Hate and Promote Tolerance
• Kinder Art
• Kids.gov The Official Kids Portal for the U.S.
  Government
• Vandergrits Childrens Literature Page
• Practical Applications
• Closing Remarks
• Additional Resources

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Overview

• This power point focuses on how technological
  tools can enrich and enhance student learning of
  diversity and tolerance. The United States is a
  county of many cultures, and it is important to
  teach students to understand, appreciate,
  tolerate and celebrate all people. Technology
  can be used to support curriculum, reinforce
  teacher instruction, and enrich student learning.
• In my research, I found many websites and
  services applicable to students, classroom
  teachers, school counselors, parents, and
  administrators. These sites come from an array
  of categories, including professional
  organizations, community organizations, education
  ranging from Kindergarten through Higher
  Education, Government, commercial sites, and
  individual sites. In the following report, I
  will discuss five especially interesting websites
  I came across in my research. Please review my
  findings at your convenience and I will
  appreciate any feedback, critique, or
  suggestions!

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Findings
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One world classrooms http//www.oneworldclassroom
s.org/

• Non-profit organization that connects students
  from around the world
• Online learning labs
• Language labs
• Virtual pen-pals
• Students will explore culture, geography, travel,
  food, art, dance, education and much more in a
  fascinatingly interactive atmosphere

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The following excerpt provides a in-depth look
into what this program can offer to students

• RationaleAs our world becomes more
  interdependent and the problems we confront more
  global, it is critical that our young people gain
  knowledge, skills and attitudes that prepare them
  to enjoy the benefits and accept the
  responsibilities of global citizenship. To do so,
  they must interact with and learn from their
  international peers just as, as adults, they
  will live and work with people from different
  cultures in both local and global settings.
• StudentsWith grounding in self-knowledge and
  self-respect, OneWorld Classrooms students reach
  out and make connections with their world
  neighbors. In doing so, they express who they
  are, cultivate cultural-awareness, and develop
  the capacity to collaborate across borders and
  foster international friendship.

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• Bridges of Learning
• To effectively build bridges of learning,
  OneWorld Classrooms addresses the needs of
  students and teachers on both sides of
  cross-cultural exchange. We create dynamic
  learning experiences through which students
• value themselves and their own culture
• recognize the similarities between cultures that
  make all people a human family, and
• respect and appreciate the differences that make
  each culture unique.
• At the same time, OneWorld Classrooms
• enhances the curriculum
• grates technology into the classroom
• uses the arts as a means to communicate and share
  across cultures
• empowers teachers and students to make learning
  more interpersonal and meaningful, and
• provides a means for traditional societies
  compromised in the wake of globalization to
  explore their own cultures and share
• them with their new world
  community.

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Tolerance.org Fight Hate and Promote
Tolerancehttp//www.tolerance.org/index.jsp

• Professional site that offers a wealth of
  information on diversity and multiculturalism
• Information for all ages of students with links
  for kids and teens
• Educators lesson plans, activities, articles,
  contests, community building, links
• Parents age appropriate information for teaching
  your child(ren) tolerance

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Here is an excerpt from a lesson plan entitled
The ABCs of Identity in the Elections

• Just months ago, the nation was patting itself on
  the back for our collective diversity progress
  a woman (Hillary Clinton D), a Latino (Bill
  Richardson D), a Mormon (Mitt Romney R) and
  an African American man (Barack Obama D) had
  all declared their candidacies to become the next
  President of the United States.
• And then the politics got rolling, as did
  questions about diversity
• Is America ready for a female Commander-in-Chief?
  (And, by the way, is Hillary dressed for the
  role?)
• Is America ready for a president who is Latino?
  (In one national poll, we actually admitted we
  were not ready for Bill Richardson.)
• Is America ready for a Mormon president? (And, as
  a Mormon, does Romney qualify as Christian?)
• Is America ready for a black president? (And, uh,
  is Obama black enough?)
• Are the white male candidates at a disadvantage,
  given the diversity that surrounds them?

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• Leading into and through Super Tuesday, a new set
  of diversity questions emerged
• Would women white, brown, black and "other"
  voting in the Democratic primaries exercise
  gender allegiance and vote for the white woman?
• What about the white men voting in the Democratic
  race? Would they choose the white woman (racial
  allegiance) or the black man (gender allegiance)?
  (We assumed black men would vote for the black
  man, so we didn't even ask a question as to
  whether they'd vote for a white woman.)
• On the Republican side, could the Latter Day
  Saint hold onto the conservative vote, after a
  Baptist pastor's win in Iowa? Could he withstand
  the advance of John McCain, who often is
  perceived as a moderate, and, among other things,
  that means conservatives do not see him as "an
  evangelical"?
• Everything is wrong with these lines of
  questioning, and everything is right about them,
  too. Unfairly, they set up litmus tests about
  voters' capacity to demonstrate
  "color-blindness," "gender-blindness" and an
  embrace of diverse faiths. They ignore the fact
  that some of us are many things at once female,
  Hispanic and
• born-again, for example. The questions assume
  Americans
• don't vote "on the issues" and are compelled
  by identity factors alone.

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For students
Kids
Teens
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Kinder Arthttp//www.kinderart.com/multic/

• Educational and commercial site that is a great
  tool for teachers and counselors to find
  multicultural lesson plans for art projects
• Visually and tactilely enhance learning of other
  cultures
• Diversity themed art activities
• Book Recommendations

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Here is an excerpt from a lesson plan for a
beautiful project for Martin Luther King Day
entitled A Box of Crayons

• A BOX OF CRAYONS
• Grade KAge 4
• Submitted by Eileen Urbanski, a teacher at Avon
• Village Elementary School, in Avon OH
• What You Need
• crayons, pencils, markers
• paper
• the poem A Box of Crayons
• crayon pattern
• What You Do
• Read the poem "A Box of Crayons" to your
  students. It is about the different colors
  getting along and liking each other.
• Then, children draw their portraits on a die-cut
  crayon pattern.
• Place all the crayons into a giant box of crayons
  that you can create using construction paper (see
  photo).
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• Poem
• Click here to find the poem Box of Crayons.
• Extra Poem to Hand Out to Students
• Wouldn't it be terrible? Wouldn't it be sad? If
  just one single color was the color that we had?
  If everything was purple? Or red? Or blue? Or
  green? If yellow, pink, or orange was all that
  could be seen? Can you just imagine how dull
  world would be If just one single color was all
  we got to see?
• Recommended Books
• The Crayon Box That Talkedby Shane DeRolfIn
  Shane DeRolf's deceptively simple poem, a child's
  box of crayons conveys the sublimely simple
  message that when we all work together, the
  results are much more interesting and colorful.

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Kids.gov The Official Kid's Portal for the U. S.
Governmenthttp//www.kids.gov/

• Excellent government website
• Students can learn about the government and laws,
  learn about the Bill of Rights and the
  Constitution, and partake in Social Studies
  interactive activities to explore different
  cultures
• Many resources for educators including lesson
  plans, celebrating holidays, and great ideas for
  class trips
• Also great for supplementing a multitude of other
  topics including career development, and health

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A peek at the site
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Here is an excerpt of website resources for 6th
to 8th graders studying world cultures

• Government Sites
• Asian Cultures - (Smithsonian) - Learn about
  Asian art from neolithic times to the early 20th
  century.
• Creating French Culture - This Library of
  Congress page gives an overview of French history
  through the eyes of the art and culture of the
  times.
• Egyptian Mummies - (Smithsonian) - Learn about
  how mummies were made in Ancient Egypt.
• Egyptian Pyramid - (Smithsonian) - The pyramids
  of Egypt fascinated travellers and conquerors in
  ancient times and continue to inspire wonder in
  the tourists, mathematicians, and archeologists
  who visit, explore, measure and describe them.
  Learn more about them.
• History Archaeology - Smithsonian Magazine -
  (Smithsonian) - Read these interesting articles
  on science and technology topics.
• History Culture - Smithsonian Education -
  (Smithsonian) - This site has resources for both
  American and World History.
• Kids and Families Page - (Library of Congress) -
  This website shares its collections, stories,
  online collections and more for students and
  teachers.
• My Wonderful World - Explore the rich online
  resources created by Smithsonian experts for
  learning more about our world!
• People and Places - Smithsonian Magazine - Read
  these interesting articles on people and culture.
• Portals to the World - Portals to the World
  contains selective links providing authoritative,
  in-depth information about the nations and other
  areas of the world.

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• Other Resources
• African Art Aesthetics and Meaning - Check out
  the exhibit's amazing masks, headresses and wood
  carvings.
• Civilisations - This interactive site examines
  key events in the development of any given
  ideology or religion, including Communism and its
  diffusion across the world.
• Countries of the World - FactMonster - This site
  has all kinds of information about countries in
  the world, including geography, maps, flags,
  history, and rulers.
• Kids Post - Get the scoop on current events and
  entertainment, homework help, and have fun with
  games, polls, and more from The Washington Post.
• Languages Around the World - Kids around the
  world speak thousands of different languages! In
  this section you can learn some new words in a
  different language.
• Religions Around the World - Learn about the many
  religions around the world.
• United Nations Cyberschoolbus - This great site
  for students has access to country profiles, a
  well-written introduction to the history and work
  of the United Nations, and some fun quizzes (such
  as the one on national flags) and the Urban Fact
  Game, which is a creative on-line quiz about
  cities and their populations.
• World Flag Database - This sites show flags from
  countries around the world.
• Also includes
  basic facts on each country such as its
• population,
  capital city, languages, currency and religions

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Vandergrit's Children's Literature
Pagehttp//www.scils.rutgers.edu/kvander/Childre
nLit/

• Individual and educational website that gives
  important information on the use of childrens
  literature to teach and promote diversity
• Information on the use of race, class, gender,
  religion, and much more in regard to picture and
  chapter books
• Resources for further exploration on teaching
  students about diversity through literature

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Here is an excerpt giving a background of what
one can find on the site

• If we are ever to achieve a culture of
  inclusiveness that empowers all human beings, we
  must begin with young people. We cannot control
  what goes on in individual homes, but we can, and
  must, actively seek to ensure that our schools
  and libraries respect the many peoples who share
  our world, regardless of national origins,
  religious beliefs, sexual orientation, class,
  race, or gender. Feminist and multicultural
  practices can and must make a difference.
• All schooling is political. The time has come to
  ensure that public education represents a
  politics of Inclusion, not exclusion. We ought to
  respect young learners' abilities to think,
  speak, read, and act. We should respect their
  abilities to comprehend, construct, and
  communicate meanings in various communities and
  contexts. These need to be the aim, the process,
  and the result of education.

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Practical Applications

• Technology will enrich students lives in a way
  that could not be previously done
• Students can interact with students across the
  world and learn about countries and cultures
• Teachers and school counselors can supplement
  curriculum with a variety of lesson plans,
  classroom activities, and web resources
• Administrators can research how to implement
  tolerance and diversity into their school
  district through service learning project ideas,
  and tips for educating faculty, parents, and
  students
• Parents can now have a resource in aiding
  important conversations to have with their
  child(ren) in 2008

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Closing Remarks

• Please click here to listen to a closing audio
  message!

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Additional Resources

• Kristyn Sanborns Personal Website
• Internet Address Book
• Research Excerpts
• Research Report