We like to say we encourage support for multiculturalism throughout the curriculum but I feel that is an understatement. But we do have a multicultural day each May that celebrates the diversity of our area. Each classroom takes a culture to focus on and directs instruction about this country. Then we provide a museum like environment in each classroom, highlighting things that make the culture unique. Then we have students act as docents and provide a hands on activity for the youngers to engage in.
Additionally, we invite African drummers to entertain students, Spanish and Irish dancers, and Italian ices for snacks at the end of the day. In the past years, we had a lunch w/ food sent in from families, different rices, breads, desserts, etc. but with our new food service we are not allowed to do that anymore (more rules)!!!!!!!!!!! alice -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill IVEY Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LIT] diversity Hi! I've been participating in a discussion on MiddleTalk about diversity, prompted by a blog posted to the New York Times: http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/understand/index.html?ref=opinio n This got me to wondering, how do each of you, in your individual schools/towns/districts/states/countries, deal with issues of diversity in your classroom? I'll keep the question deliberately broad for now, since there are so many different ways to approach it. Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School (successfully procrastinating since 8:00 this morning!) _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
