WELCOME WORLD TRAVELERS Creating a Multi- cultural Classroom!

WARM UP:  Mindstreaming- CULTURE  Think about everything you know about the word culture for one minute.  Get a partner and stand face to face with them.  Partner one will talk about the word culture for 1 minute without interruption and without stopping.  Then switch partner 2 will talk about culture for 1 minute without interruption and without stopping.  Listen to me for time!  Share what you or your partner said.

CULTURE

CULTURE? WHAT IS IT?   While you watch this video write down all of the words that you hear that describe what culture is.  Think-Pair-Share!

ACTIVITY!  Behavioral Expectations:  You will stand up if the statement I read out- loud applies to you!  There should be space between you and the people at your sides (Respect other people’s space!)  This activity will be completed without talking. (If you have a question, raise your hand).

PLEASE STAND IF….  You speak another language besides English at home.

PLEASE STAND IF…  You would consider yourself biracial (example: half black, half white or half hispanic, half white, etc.)

PLEASE STAND IF…  You have ever eaten sushi.

PLEASE STAND IF…  You go to church on Sundays.

PLEASE STAND IF…  You are Buddhist, Jewish or Muslim.

PLEASE STAND IF…  You have ever shaken a person’s hand.

PLEASE STAND IF…  You greet your friends and family in another way besides shaking hands…

PLEASE STAND IF...  You or your parents were born in another country besides the United States.

PLEASE STAND IF…  You were born in the United States.

PLEASE STAND IF…  You have ever visited another country besides the United States.

PLEASE STAND IF…  You would like to visit another country besides the United States.

PLEASE STAND IF…  You have dinner with your family at least once per week.

ACTIVITY REFLECTION  Think-Pair-Share  What was interesting about that activity?  What did you learn about someone in class that you didn’t know before?  Why do you think we did this activity?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION AND BIG GOAL:  Essential Question: How do peoples’ cultures conflict with one another and what happens when they do?  BIG GOAL  To be able to CHANGE THE WORLD we have to understand the world and how we fit into it!

WHAT IS THIS?  It’s a mosaic. A piece of art work made up of tiny individual tiles.

COPY THIS CHART IN YOUR NOTES WordDefinitionIn this class…Picture MulticulturalismMany cultures accepted in one place Respect and Valuing eachother Cultural MosaicPeople languages and beliefs that make a culture We have many cultures in here Primary SourceFirst hand account of a time period Notebook, homework

MULTICULTURALISM  What is Multiculturalism?  Multiculturalism is the acceptance of many different cultures in a specific place (like a city or country). One culture is not said to be better than another culture.  Example: Our Classroom and Kennedy Middle School

SO, WHAT IS A CULTURAL MOSAIC?  The different people, languages and cultures that create a society  How is this class a cultural mosaic?

PRIMARY SOURCES: BECOMING THE HISTORIAN  Primary sources provide first-hand accounts or direct evidence about a topic that you are investigating.  They are created by people who experienced the events or conditions being documented. Often these sources are created at the time when the events actually happened.  Examples: Stories, Photographs, Artwork, Video footage  Why do we use them? Why are they better than using a textbook?

READ THE STORY AND DISCUSS! (7 MIN.)  What happens in this story?  Why does Zitkala not want her long hair to be cut?  Why do the “palefaces” want to cut Zitkala’s hair?  Why is this story an example of assimilation?  Stop and Jot: I felt like Zitkala once when…  Class Share-out.

EXAMPLE OF ASSIMILATION: NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOOLS IN 1890S (7 MIN.)  Primary Source 1: What kind of clothes are the students wearing?

PRIMARY SOURCE 2  What do you see in this picture?  What differences do you see between the two pictures?

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF BEING MULTICULTURAL? (6 MIN.) ADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGES  Learn new things everyday through other people (Food, language, religion, etc.)  Makes you question or think about what you believe  Every person feels like their culture is valuable and important  Life isn’t BORING!!  Different languages can make it hard to communicate  There might be more misunderstandings  Identity issues—Who am I?

WHAT ABOUT US? (3 MIN.)  Are we multicultural? (Hint: Use what we learned yesterday to help you answer this question!)  Let’s connect to modern examples of assimilation…. LET’S TALK ABOUT IT!!

REFLECTION (NAME, CLASS PERIOD)  What is multiculturalism?  What is a primary source?  List three advantages of multiculturalism:  List one disadvantage or challenge with multiculturalism: 1. How can we keep our classroom accepting of others?