Cultural Diversity

Essential Question

How do our similarities and differences impact the relationships we have with people inside and outside our own identity groups?
What are the challenges of celebrating what we have in common while also honoring our differences?

Texts

Literature

Foul Line—1987

In this poem, a black woman carefully analyzes her interaction with a white waitress, whose actions, although civil, are smoldering with superiority.

Colleen McElroy

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Race & Ethnicity

July 5, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Shared reading combines aspects of guided reading and read-aloud strategies. During shared reading, a teacher or proficient student reads the text aloud, pausing at pre-selected moments to discuss content and analyze the text. This strategy facilitates close reading of a complex text in small or whole group settings.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Be the Change...

Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

Tcosnowski

Cultural Diversity

Foul Line—1987

Shared Reading

Be the Change...

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Cultural Diversity

Foul Line—1987

Shared Reading

Be the Change...

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