While my school does little ( read Nothing) in this area, I have made it a mission to teach my kids the history of our country from all perspectives. I teach them about Enslavement, Jim Crow and the Civil Rights era, I teach them about Manifest Destiny from the perspective of the Native People and the Trail of Tears is more than blurb in the history text. I teach them about women and children who were a part of our great nation and we explore literature from Gary Soto, Michael Dorris, Louise Erdrich, ( Yes, I know about the allegations but Morning Girl and The Game of Silence are excellent to offer students for native perspectives) Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou and Tupac Shakur to name a few...There is much more but I Am sure you get the picture! I am lucky to have my kids for all three of their middle school years we are able to cover a lot of ground!
On Nov 11, 2007 12:35 PM, Alice Cortigiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Tena _______________________________________________ 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
