Diversity Project EDE 30002

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Diversity ProjectEDE 300-02

• By
• Jessica Bunger
• Geri Dey-Weeter

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Why are they like that?

• Grade 3rd
• Unit/Lesson Differences Among Cultures

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Table of Contents

• Different types of people Pages 4-6
• Languages Pages 7-8
• Age Pages 9-11
• Disabilities Pages 12-14
• Homosexuality Pages 15-17
• Class Pages 18-21

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Why are they like that?

• Why do I see so many different types of people in
  America?

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Some of the reasons you see so many different
types of people in America

• We are all immigrants or the descendants of
  immigrants who came in the last 400 years.
  Immigration has been so diverse that there is no
  longer any majority ethnic or religious group.

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Some of the reasons you see so many different
types of people in America

• The reason we all cant have the same skin color
  is because of a substance called melanin.
  Melanin is a skin-produced substance than absorbs
  and disperses sunlight, producing tanning and
  skin coloration, and thereby blocking out harmful
  rays from the sun. We all have the same amount
  of melanin, but depending on what country we are
  from the melanin is spread out differently in our
  body producing different skin colors.

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Why dont we all speak the same language?

• People who are not born in America do not learn
  English as their first language. In some
  American schools we offer programs for English as
  a second language.

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English as a second language

• http//eslgames.com/edutainment/

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Why do they always say older people are wiser?

• Older people have lived longer and have
  experienced much more than a younger person can
  imagine.

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Why do they always say older people are wiser?

• Seniors love to share their knowledge and love
  children.

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Activities with Senior Citizens

• Take a field trip to a Senior Center.
• Play games at the Center, such as bingo.
• Assign the children a senior buddy for the whole
  year.

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Why are some people in wheelchairs?

• Some people are born with disabilities that do
  not allow them to walk. Therefore they must rely
  on the use of a wheelchair.

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Activities for Children in Wheelchairs

• Halloween costume idea
• http//family.go.com/crafts/season/feature/famf090
  0drummer/famf0900drummer.html

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Accepting Differences

• http//pbskids.org/clifford/caregivers/activities/
  act_108a.html
• Using Clifford The Big Red Dog episode 108A, the
  class will learn how to accept differences among
  peers.

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What is homosexuality?

• http//www.shpm.com/qa/qaglbt/qaglbt11.html
• This website offers ways of explaining to
  children peoples different lifestyles.

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Books dealing with homosexuality

• Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa Newman
  Illustrated by Diana Souza

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Activities dealing with homosexuality

• The Attitudes Game
• This game, based on an exercise by Phyllis Vos
  Wezeman in her book "Creating Compassion
  Activities for Understanding HIV/AIDS", brings up
  some of the facts and myths regarding gay and
  lesbian people.
• http//www2.gol.com/users/aidsed/rainbow/teaching/
  att.html

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What does Class mean?

• Class refers to your position in society. In
  America, we have Upper Class, Middle Class, and
  Working Class

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Upper Class

• This term usually refers to people in America who
  hold the most money or hold positions of power.
  For example, the President of the United States.

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Middle Class

• Middle class is a term that usually refers to
  people who make the average amount of money.

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Working Class

• This term usually refers to people who make below
  average income. An example would be factory
  workers.