Diversity Project

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Diversity Project

• Erin Lemaster
• Nick Books
• Kevin Keen
• Jeff Greulich

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Table Of Contents

• General
• Resources
• Age
• Beliefs
• Class
• Exceptionalities
• Disabilities
• Gender
• Language
• Race
• Sexual Orientation

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Diversity

• Grade 9th
• The various types of diversity

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General Diversity Websites

• -Programs for Educationl Oppurtunityhttp//www.um
  ich.edu/eqtynet/  to help school districts make
  sure that all students have the oppurtunity to
  succeed.
• -Center for Education Reformhttp//edreform.com/ 
  information on the education reform movement,
  and attempts to help all children learn.

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General Websites Cont.

• -Cultural Diversity at Rainbow Boulevardhttp//ww
  w.kumc.edu/SAH/culture.html  resources to help
  students, and teachers educating for affirmative
  action diversity project.
• -Afffirmative Action and Diversity
  Pagehttp//aad.english.ucsb.edu/  presents
  opinions over the topic of affirmative action
• -Workplace Diversity Networkhttp//www.ilr.cornel
  l.edu/depts/wdn/AboutWDN.html  diversity
  activities

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General Activities

• -Internet  take students to the computer lab and
  have them explore diversity WebPages.
• -Group discussion  put students into groups and
  have them discuss the current situation of
  discrimination in the U.S.
• -Current Events  Have students search magazines
  and newspapers for current events on diversity in
  the U.S.

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General Activities Cont.

• -Collage  have students get into groups and make
  a collage that shows four different diversity
  groups.  Present the collage to the class
  explaining each group they picked.
• -Group project  put students into group and
  assign a diversity topic.  Have students research
  the topic and report on what they find

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Recourses Websites

• -Promoting Recognition of Diversity
  http//prod.netfirms.com/index.htm  website
  promoting diversity in educational institutions.
• -Teaching Tolerancehttp//splcenter.org/teachingt
  olerance/tt-index.html  helps teachers foster
  respect and understanding in the classroom.

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Resources Websites Cont.

• -Diversity Training University Internationalhttp
  //www.diversityuintl.com/  tips on how to make a
  living on diversity training.
• -Learn In Freedomhttp//learninfreedom.org/ 
  this site is about taking responsibility for your
  own learning.
• -Teaching Tolerancehttp//www.splcenter.org/teach
  ingtolerance/tt-index.html  website gives
  teachers tolerance related activities for the
  classroom.

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Resource Activities

• -Discussion  either put students into groups or
  have a class discussion about how student's lives
  would be different if they were born a different
  race/ethnicity/gender.
• -Field Trip  take students to a homeless
  shelter, so they can interact with people of
  different age/race/gender/economic background.

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Resource Activities Cont.

• -Internet  put students in groups in the
  computer lab and give have them look for websites
  about diversity groups.  The groups will then
  report on what they found.
• -Group Project  divide class into groups and
  assign different diversity groups.  The students
  will find as much information on their diversity
  group, and they will present the information to
  the class.
• -play Bafa Bafa

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Age Websites

• -types of age discriminationhttp//website.lineon
  e.net/caade/dtypes.htm  gives a list of
  different types of age discrimination.
• -AARPhttp//www.aarp.org/   official site of the
  American Association of Retired Persons gives
  information to people over fifty.

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Age Websites Cont.

• -60 Plus Associationhttp//www.60plus.org/
  National association providing information for
  people over sixty.
• -Age Discrimination in the Workplacehttp//clem.m
  scd.edu/steinhas/  Website designed to inform
  people age discrimination in the workplace and
  how to prevent it.
• -Administration on Aginghttp//www.aoa.dhhs.gov/ 
  services and information for older people

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Age Activities

• -Field Trip  take the students on a field trip
  to a retirement home, so they can interact with
  elderly people.
• -Case Study  give students two case studies on
  age discrimination and have them get into groups
  and discuss the case studies.
• -Internet  take students to the computer lab and
  have them serach the web to find five websites
  for elderly people.

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Age Activities Cont.

• -Internet  take students to computer lab and
  search the web for court cases about age
  discrimination.
• -Essay  have students write an essay about a
  time when they felt they were discriminated
  against because of their age

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Belief Systems/Religion Websites

• Amish
•   http//religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/
  amish.htmlNative American Spirituality   
  http//www.religioustolerance.org/nataspir.htm

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Beliefs/Religions Websites Cont.

• Religion-Online"  http//religion-online.org/
• The Baha'i World  http//www.bahai.org/
• The Hindu Universe"   http//www.hindunet.org/

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Belief/Religion Activies

• 1. One page response - What happened at Waco,
  Texas (Branch Davidians)? Who/what/when/where/why
  ?
• 2.Journal Entry- write a journal entry about your
  religion, a friend's religion, and/or religion
  in general.
• 3.Find a non-western religion on the internet
  that fascinates you and write a one page summary
  of that religion.

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Belief/Religion Activities Cont.

• 4.Research and write a two page paper on Muslims
  and the Arab world.
• 5. Write a one page report on American society
  views on religion.

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Class Websites

• Class  http//www.spc.uchicago.edu/SocialClass/
• -'The Cyber Herald'  http//www2.ari.net/home/pove
  rty/news.html
• -'The U.S. Census Bureau'   http//www.census.gov/
  

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Class Websites Cont.

• 'National Coalition for the Homeless' 
  http//www.nationalhomeless.org/
• -'Internationalist Socialist Organization'  
  http//www.internationalsocialist.org/

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Class Activities

• 1. One page response on your view of welfare.2.
  Read and respond to "The Communist Manifesto" by
  Karl Marx.3.Report on Federal and State
  government welfare systems and laws.4. In
  groups- discuss tyhe positive and negative
  aspects of the social class system in the
  U.S..5. Find a newspaper article on a general
  topic concerning a class issue.

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Exceptionalities Websites

• 'National Association for Gifted Children'  
  http//www.nagc.org/- 'Helping Your Highly
  Gifted Child'   http//www.kidsource.com/kidsourc
  e/content/help.gift.html- 'The Arc' 
  http//www.thearc.org/- 'Special Ed/Idea' 
  http//www.protectionandadvocacy.com/idea2.htm-
  'ADDitude'   http//www.additudemag.com

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Exceptionalities Activities

• 1. In class- watch What's Eating Gilbert Grape
  and take a quiz over the movie.2  Research and
  respond with one page about ADHD3.  Take notes
  about the rights of students with
  disabilities.4. Quiz over the laws that protect
  and give equal rights to people with
  disabilities.5. Class Discussion-  Topic
  Special Education and Inclusive classroom

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Disabilities Websites

• Learning Disabilities
• LD OnLine is the leading Web Site on learning
  disabilities.
• Children with Disabilities
• Children with Disabilities provide hundreds of
  links and resources for families covering a broad
  array of physical and emotional disabilities.

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Disabilities Websites Cont.

• ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted
  Education
• ERIC gives a guide for the rights of people with
  disabilities and the laws that apply to them.
• AAPD - American Association Of People With
  Disabilities
• AAPD is dedicated to ensuring economic
  self-sufficiency and political empowerment for
  Americans with disabilities.
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• LDAA gives links and other resources pertaining
  to learning disabilities.
• Activities

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Disabilities Activities

• Have students research a disability and do a
  presentation on it.
• Have students use a wheelchair for a period of
  time in order for them to see the world from a
  different perspective.
• Have a special education teacher come in and talk
  about disabilities.
• Give students a worksheet that represents what a
  person with disabilities might see and have them
  try to fill it out. An example might be
  dyslexia.
• Have students make books on tapes for disabled
  students.

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Gender Websites

• National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape
  Resources for victims of marital and date rape
• Expect the Best from a Girl. That's what You'll
  Get Expectations and experiences of girls
• Managing Diversity (2)-Sex and Gender The United
  Nations concludes that women are facing global
  glass ceilings and that in no society do women
  enjoy the same opportunities as men.

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Gender Websites Cont.

• 4000 Years of Women in Science Talks about women
  in science over the past 4000 years
• Women Os suffrage Gives a brief summary of the
  lives and work of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and
  Susan B. Anthony. It also tells about their
  meeting at Seneca Falls.

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Gender Activities

• Have a speaker come and talk to the students
  about womens rights.
• Have the students write a paper about the role of
  women during World War II
• Plan a field trip to the Air Force to see the
  Rosy the Riveter section.
• Have a speaker come and talk about sexual
  harassment.
• Have students research gender diversity on the
  internet and write a short paper.

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Language Websites

• American Sign Language Links Provides deaf
  cultural links, online dictionaries, and a
  fingerspelling guide
• NABE National Association for Bilingual
  Education (NABE) is the only national
  organization exclusively concerned with the
  education of language-minority students in
  American schools

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Language Websites Cont.

• Chinese Language Information Page This site is a
  comprehensive navigational tool pointing you to
  Chinese language related resources.
• Hyperlexia and Language Disorders Links and
  stories related to Hyperlexia and Language
  Disorders
• Black English History of Black English including
  recent legislation debates in Oakland. Related
  links on other language dialects and
  organizations that endorse Black English.

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Language Activities

• Have students learn the alphabet in sign
  language.
• Have students go to a deaf culture event to
  experience how hard it is to communicate without
  words.
• Have students do a version of BAFA/BAFA
• Have students create their own language and try
  to explain what words mean what to the class
  without using English.
• Have students do research on speech problems and
  write a paper on it

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Race/Ethnicity Websites

• Chinese Americans
• http//www.ocanatl.org/
• African Americans
• http//www.aawc.com/paa.html
• Latino Americans http//www.freethechildren.org/c
  ultures/html/map/latinos/mexican-american.html

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Race/Ethnicity Websites Cont.

• Native Americans http//www.freethechildren.org/c
  ultures/html/map/nativi20american/native-american
  .html
• Asian Americans http//www.freethechildren.org/cul
  tures/html/map/asia/asia-american.html

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Race/Ethnicity Activities

• Have children watch a movie on famous African
  Americans
• Have the Students clip a newspaper article about
  a different racial group
• Students will write a report on one famous Asian
  American
• Students will write a journal as if they were a
  Latino American, who is new in an all white
  school
• Students will go to the Ohio Historical Society
  and tell of all the different races they find.

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Sexual Orientation Websites

• Gays http//www.gay.com/intro.html
• Lesbians http//www.lesbian.com/
• Bi-sexual http//www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/7
  303/

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Sexual Orientation Websites Cont.

• Transsexual http//indorgs.virginia.edu/uvapride/
  
• Aids http//www.careusa.org/newsroom/specialreport
  s/aids/index.asp?sourcegaids

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Sexual Orientation Activities

• Students will read a book about a child who has
  aids
• Students will watch a video on the hazing of gay
  students
• Students will clip newspaper articles that they
  can find on different sexual orientations
  (articles must be positive)
• Students will watch a video on AIDS in Africa
• Students will keep a journal on how they feel
  about each idea.

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The End

• Diversity is a huge issue in our schools today.
  Each child has the right to understand everything
  and everyone around them. Diversity must be
  taught, and taught well.