Creating curriculum to meet the needs of a diverse population

Goals

Define the vocabulary of diversity Creating a classroom culture of

success Share curriculum resources Experience culture shock Wrapping Up

Vocabulary of Diversity

In small groups define the following: Race Culture Ethnicity Anti-Bias

Goal #1 Vocabulary

Race – Refers to a person’s skin color, hair color, and size and shape of one’s features

Skin color is determined by the amount of melanin in a person’s skin, which is a result of ancestry and their location to the sun.

Culture – What’s on the inside of a person Holidays Religion Family Values

Ethnicity – Where someone is from geographically

Commonly Used Terms

Middle Eastern Arabic Chaldean African American Black American European American

Reflection Question

How do I treat the students in my classroom of various race, cultures, and ethnicities?

Racial Makeup of the US

77% of Americans are white Midwest has the highest proportion of

white people to other racial groups One-fifth of the population is foreign-

born or has a parent who is foreign-born

96% of child care centers care for children from diverse racial groups.

80% care for children from other language groups

Changing Population

64% of school children are white. By 2020 children of color will make

up the majority of school children 22% of all immigrants are under 25 87% of all teachers are white middle

aged females

Institutional Racism

Occurs when they are unequal outcomes for children of the same age from different groups

At 6 months children notice skin color Doll Experiment

Children of color who had direct experience with within the white community tended to prefer white dolls rather than dolls with brown skin.

By age 7 children tend to demonstrate more positive attitudes towards children of their own race. White children tend to have negative attitudes about children from other races.

Goal #2 – Creating a Culture of SuccessReflection Question How do I treat the students in my

classroom of various race, cultures, and ethnicities?

Diversity Best Practices

Focus on an Anti-Bias approach Focus on the cultures represented by

the children in your classroom Avoid a tourist approach Invite parents and grandparents to

share Bring in food and include cultural

artifacts Anti-Bias Materials Classroom Checklist

Goal #3 – Classroom Activities Books – Book List Roots and Wings Curriculum Cards Teaching Tolerance website and mat

erials Anti-Bias Classroom Materials

Goal #3 – Your turn

Working in small groups come up with a lesson plan for promoting anti-bias

Goal #4 – Culture Shock

BaFa BaFa experience

BaFa BaFa Debrief

How did this experience impact your understanding of culture shock?

How will it impact you as a caregiver?

Wrap-Up

Teacher Movie