From Multicultural Diversity to Mutual Respect

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FromMulticultural Diversityto Mutual Respect
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Maryville Middle School Maryville, Tennessee
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• Lisa R. McGinley
• Principal
• Bobbie V. Briggs
• Eighth Grade
• Language Arts Teacher
• Patti G. Clevenger
• Eighth Grade
• Social Studies Teacher

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• What
• We
• Planned

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Maryville City Schools Foundation Grant

• Topic Multicultural Diversity
• Student Interdisciplinary
• Projects
• Use of Funds
• LCD Projectors
• DVD/VHS players
• Computer Programs
• DVD/VHS tapes

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• What Happened

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Diversity Training

• Teachers through In-service
• Students through social studies classes

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Adult Diversity Committee

• Members
• Teachers
• Parents
• Community
• Members
• Function
• Plan Diversity Day

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Student Diversity Committee

• Members
• Students elected from social studies classes.
• Function
• Plan Diversity Day

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What Happened NEXT!
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Student Produced Video
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Diversity Calendar
1/1/1892 Ellis Island opens
1/6 Armenian Christmas
Jan. 16-20 No Name-Calling Week
1/31/1919 Jackie Robinson born
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Guiding Principles
compassion
contemplation
adaptability
respect
loyalty
optimism
trustworthiness
responsibility
honesty
perseverance
courage
initiative
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Just for Today

•  Just for Today.
• Watch a television program that may have a
  particular ethnic group targeted as its audience.
•   I like to watch court TV shows. Today I
  watched the judge. He was working to resolve two
  different court cases. One case involved white
  people. The plaintiff was accusing the defendant
  of keying her car in a grocery store parking lot.
  The other case involved black people. The
  plaintiff was accusing the defendant of running
  up a credit card bill that needed to be paid by
  the defendant. In both cases, the plaintiffs
  were upset with their former boyfriends, which
  were the defendants. He treated both sets of
  people about the same and with respect, but one
  thing I noticed is that the judge spoke to the
  white people and the black people differently.
  The white people and the black people also spoke
  to him differently. He did not seem to use the
  same tone of voice or slang type words with the
  white people as he did with the black people.
  However, it did not seem to be wrong. It
  appeared he understood the cultural and language
  differences when speaking with the black people
  and the white people. In the end, it appears he
  spoke more formally with the white people and
  more casually with the black people.

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Mix It Up at Lunch Day

• Students sat in different locations and met new
  people.

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Eighth Grade Interdisciplinary Project
Research Paper
Diversity Research Product
Brochure Video PowerPoint
Presentation Web Site
Scrapbook Collection of Poems Art
Work Newsletter Childrens Book
Six Sources 60 Notecards Title Page Outline 3-5
pages-Body of Paper Works Cited Page
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From Cultural Pizza
Family
Family Roots
Traditions Family

Family Activities
Size
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To Cultural Puzzle
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Student Respect Committee

• Develop
• Student
• Respect
• Policy

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Growth

• Students
• added to Adult Diversity Committee.
• From Student Diversity Committee to
• Student Respect Committee

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School Climate

• This program was one of the influences in our
  school which led to the reduction of student
  discipline referrals.

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Diversity Day to Diversity Week
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Where Are We Now?
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Project Wisdom
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Home/School Connection
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Harassment Contract
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Seventh Grade Interdisciplinary Project
People of Purpose
Men and women who have made a difference
Thomas A. Edison
Juliette Gordon Low
Colin Powell
Abigail Adams
Eunice Shriver
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Where Are We Going?
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The Student Respect Committee will develop a
Rights and Responsibilities Guidebook
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When Are We Going to End ? We are NOT!

• The future
• is
• limited
• only by the
• imagination
• of
• our students
• and
• teachers.

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Contact Information

• Maryville Middle School
• 805 Montvale Station Rd.
• Maryville, TN 37803
• 865-983-2070
• Website http//www.maryvillecityschools.k12.tn.us
  /middle
• Email mms_at_ci.maryville.tn.us

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Presenters Contact Information
Lisa McGinley mcginleyl_at_ci.maryville.tn.us Bobbi
e Briggs briggsb_at_ci.maryville.tn.us Patti
Clevenger clevengep_at_ci.maryville.tn.us
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Sources
Just for Today Ollie
Malone, Jr., Ph.D Project Wisdom
www.projectwisdom.com International Center for
Leadership in Education Dr.
Willard Daggett The Teachers Calendar
McGraw-Hill