Our Diverse Lives

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Our Diverse Lives

• Grade Seven
• Language Arts

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Exploring Tolerance Through Writing

• By Shannon Greenamyer
• Education 301-02
• May 2003

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Contents

• Diversity Unit Revealed
• Educational Resources and Links
• Writing Exercises on Diversity Topics

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Diversity Topics

• Age
• Beliefs/Religion
• Class
• Exceptionalities
• Disabilities
• Gender
• Language
• Race/Ethnicity
• Sexual Orientation

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Diversity Unit Revealed

• Grade seven language arts class will explore
  diversity topics through writing activities and
  the study of literature.
• Journaling
• Poetry
• Formal Letters
• Class Magazine
• Students will submit an assignment from one of
  the lessons of Diversity

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Diversity Resources

• Writing tips, ideas, and suggestions
• http//highschoolhub.org/hub/english.cfm
• Indiana University
• Office of Diversity Education
• http//www.iub.edu/diversit/diversity/resources.h
  tml

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More Resources

• http//www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/ed.html
• Pacific Resources for Education and learning
• http//www.prel.org/work/cd/rsc.asp
• Diversity Council
• http//www.diversitycouncil.org/ed_resource.shtml

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Diversity of AgeActivities

• Minilesson Read aloud The Giving Tree by Shel
  Silverstein
• Discussion follow-up with partners
• Guest Speaker
• An experienced nursing home worker will come and
  speak about the elderly.
• Small Group Discussion
• Thank You Letter to Speaker

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Age Diversity Links

• Age Diversity in Learning, Employment, and
  Enterprise
• http//216.239.39.100/search?qcache6FeIEwnH_-IJ
  www.helptheaged.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/eycfupxtikgguy
  7umtgksmwmvqapw57thrgwvlv3kyr47aksdnljhh2vu7xbkirp
  6vqyjj4duvngyb5gunchd6ephob/age_diversity.pdfage
  diversityhlenieUTF-8
• The Learning Resource Annex
• http//www.leadership.opm.gov/Diversity/index.cfm?
  SID1TID23

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More Age Diversity Links

• Childrens Attitudes About Older Adults
• http//npin.org/pnews/1998/pnew698/pnew698f.html
• Ageism
• http//socrates.berkeley.edu/aging/ModuleAgeism.h
  tml
• National Academy for Teaching and Learning About
  Aging
• http//www.unt.edu/natla

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Diversity of Beliefs/ReligionActivities

• Freedom of Hate Speech? (see page 12)
• Group Discussion
• Melting Pot vs. Cultural Pluralism
• Reflective Journal About Discussion (2 pgs)
• Julia Fields Aardvark / Malcolm X
• Poetry reading/discussion

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Religious Diversity Links

• National Humanities Center
• http//www.nhc.rtp.nc.us8080/tserve/divam.htm
• Teaching Religion in Public Schools
• http//www.acs.ohio-state.edu/diversity/religion.h
  tml
• Revival by David Ruenzal
• http//www.fac.org/publicat/cground/ch07_1.html
• Freedom of Hate Speech
• http//www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/1
  9990318thursday.html?searchpvlearning_lessons
• Ohio State Universitys Diversity Website
• http//www.acs.ohio-state.edu/diversity/religion.h
  tml

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Diversity of ClassActivities

• Collage
• Social Class Representation
• Poetry Composition
• Open form, at least 10 lines, social class
  subject matter
• Large Group Discussion
• Karl Marx
• Music Review
• Another Day in Paradise Phil Colins
• Reflective Journal (2 pgs)

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Class Diversity Links

• Social Class and Stratification
• http//www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/class/
  class.htm
• People Like Us
• http//www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus/film/stories.html
• Social Class in Contemporary Society
• http//www.spc.uchicago.edu/SocialClass/about.html
  
• Homeless in America
• http//www.commnet.edu/QVCTC/student/GaryOKeefe/ho
  meless/frame.html
• Katznelson Article
• http//web.syr.edu/jbjoyce/review2.html

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ExceptionalitiesActivities

• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
• Chapter Quizzes and discussion
• Book Reviews
• Reflective Journal (2 pgs) over Freak
• View the Movie

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Exceptionalities Links

• Freak the Mighty
• http//www.rodmanphilbrick.com/teaching.html
• Dual Exceptionalities
• http//www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/gt_ld/ericE574.
  html
• Kidsource Online
• http//www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/help.gi
  ft.html
• Gifted Education Lessons
• http//www.cloudnet.com/edrbsass/edexc.htm

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DisabilitiesActivities

• Read Encountering Disabilities by Richard
  Hartwell
• Reflective Journal (2 pgs)
• Living With Disabilities Activity
• Students will be assigned a disability (physical
  impairment, blindness, a learning disability),
  and be expected to live the class period in such
  ways.
• Small Group discussions
• How did the activity impact your learning?
• Celebrity Quiz
• http//www.ldonline.org/kidzone/inter_act/celebrit
  y_quiz.html

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Disabilities Links

• American Association of People With Disabilities
• http//www.aapd.com/
• CSUN Center on Disabilities
• http//www.csun.edu/cod/
• Children With Disabilities
• http//www.ldanatl.org/
• Learning Disabilities
• http//www.ldanatl.org/
• ADA Homepage
• http//www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

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Gender DiversityActivities

• Draw a Scientist
• Discussion Over Results of Drawings
• Reflective Journal Entry (2 pgs)
• Magazine Critique
• Using gender specific magazines, compare/contrast
  content and ads
• Gender of Language
• Robert Bakers Pricks and Chicks a Plea for
  Persons
• http//home.sbu.edu/rhughes/Honors201st20Year20
  Folder/Gender20Language.htm

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Gender Diversity Links

• Ethical Guidelines for Gender Discussion
• http//www.gender.org/resources/dge/gea01003.pdf
• International Website for Gender Education
• http//www.ifge.org/
• Gender Net
• http//www.worldbank.org/gender/
• Single-Gender Classrooms
• http//www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr024.shtm
  l
• Gender Education and Advocacy
• http//www.gender.org/

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Diversity of LanguageActivities

• English Language Diffusion
• http//school.newsweek.com/online_activities/langu
  age.php
• Large Group Discussion
• Dialect Quick Quiz
• http//www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0104dialects.htm
  l

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More Language Activities

• Free Verse Poetry
• As diverse language
• Composition
• Ebonics
• Music Review (of Language)
• Content must be appropriate

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Language Diversity Links

• Newsweek Education Program
• http//school.newsweek.com/online_activities/langu
  age1.php
• Harvard Language Diversity Project
• http//www.gse.harvard.edu/pild/languagediversity
  .htm
• Language Diversity and Language Arts
• http//www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed384072.h
  tml
• Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
• http//www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/subject.html

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Diversity of RaceActivities

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Chapter Quizzes for Content
• Vocabulary Lists
• Sympathy by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
• Small Group Discussion
• Relationship of poem and autobiography

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Racial Diversity Links

• Schools Racial Shift
• http//www.azcentral.com/season/0102season-educati
  on02.html
• Celebrating Racial Diversity
• http//www.ipj-ppj.org/celebrating_racial_diversit
  y.htm
• Diversity Digest
• http//www.diversityweb.org/Digest/W97/research.ht
  ml
• Paul Lawrence Dunbars Sympathy
• http//www.potw.org/archive/potw219.html
• Richard McCulloch Racial Diversity
• http//www.racialcompact.com/racialdiversity.html

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Diversity of Sexual OrientationActivities

• Large Group Discussion
• Tolerance
• Sexual Myths
• Small Group Discussion
• Reflective Journal (2 pgs)
• Video
• http//www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/vide
  o-low.wmv
• Movie Review

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Orientation Links

• Hate Crimes
• http//www.aclce.org/newpage7.htm
• Educational Resources
• http//www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/srh/resources/talk/ind
  ex.html
• Gay Lesbian Straight Organization
• http//www.glsen.org/
• Parents, Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• http//www.pflag.org/
• Youth Resource
• http//www.youthresource.com/health/index.cfm

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Class Magazine

• Compilation of seventh graders polished work
• Original artwork working in synch with grade
  seven art classes
• Each student will choose a completed assignment
• Movie Review
• Music Review
• Book Reveiw
• Reflective Journal
• Original Poetry

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Thank You