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Supporting and Exploring Diversity December is a month when focusing on inclusion is one of our most important jobs. Karen Goldstein outlines the specific challenges faced in one elementary school in her Talking Points article "When 'Holiday Magic' Hurts" (E). How do we meet such challenges? "Exploring Culture through Children's Connections" (E) from Language Arts highlights diversity through a cross-curricular, literature-based Family Studies Inquiry that encourages students to explore their own experiences and roots and therefore to understand themselves. The September 2004 Voices from the Middle article "Windows to the World" (M) opens students' perspectives through a variety of activities including travel journals and an exploration of the "Metaphors of America." Read six different strategies for bringing diversity to your classroom with the English Journal article "Joining the Dialogue: Six Teachers Discuss Making Changes toward a Multicultural Curriculum" (M-S). The "Soul Food" activity, for instance, invites students to share how food celebrates our differences while focusing on our common ground. The Teaching English in the Two-Year College article "Thinking Differently about Difference: Multicultural Literature and Service-Learning" (C) encourages students to theorize difference from multiple perspectives by combining service-learning with multicultural literature study. Check out the NCTE title Inside City Schools: Investigating Literacy in Multicultural Classrooms (M-S) for more ideas on exploring diversity in the classroom. NOTE: Free access to journal articles mentioned in this Inbox is provided
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