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Question: Why do we discriminate between races?
ReplyDeleteQuote: He met many people along the way. He shook hands with black men, yellow men, and red men.
--Allen Say
Fact: 15.6% of California's residents are noncitizens.
Quote: I realize that one workshop will not make me a great multicultural teacher and that there are many things I have to do on my own. My education will start now. I want to be the best teacher for my young students no matter how diverse they are. pg. 4
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Why is discrimination passed onto our children?
Fact: The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by the year 2050, there will be 392 million people in the United States...Latino's are expected to become the largest minority.
Quote: Ellis Island was the first glimpse of the "land of the free".
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Did latios surpass african-americans as the largest minority in the US by this year?
Fact: Asian Indians continue to be the highest educated group among Asian Americans.
Brandon Snider
Question: With diversity comes sterotypes and racism, so how would you suggest dealing with parents and possibly students who are not "embracing" multiculturalism?
ReplyDeleteFact: Our communities, schools, and workplaces now reflect the new cultural environment.
Quote: "We are all faced with various degrees of diversity and we are all a part of it...Learning to live together and learning to accept and recognize the sameness in all was not a simple task then or now."
Question:If cultural diversity is not a new phenomenon, then why is their still not a way for all cultures to live together with acceptance of one another?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Treat all men alike. Given them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow." -Cheif Joseph
Fact: The first settlers shaped the culture of this land (the United States) in the early 17th century causing many positive cultural trends however, their values and social ethics define a system of discrimination and persecution that remains in place today.
Quote: "I want to be the best teacher for my young students no matter how diverse they are."- Barbara, pg. 4
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How are we as teachers, supposed to include all students, including ones with multicultural backgrounds, without leaving other students out?
Fact: "It is a well-known fact that the ethnographic composition of schools has changed dramatically in the last two decades."- pg. 6
Fact: The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by the year 2050, there will be 392 million people in the United States...Latino's are expected to become the largest minority.
ReplyDeleteQuote: Ellis Island was the first glimpse of the "land of the free".
Question: What are some methods teachers can use to make sure they do not discriminate?
Question: How do you embrace different cultures in the classroom without singling students out with those cultural backgrounds?
ReplyDeleteFact: Every American, with the exception of Native Americans, were once immigrants.
Quote: "... in the United States, the term 'American' still conjures up images of people of European ancestry." pg. 12
Fact: The U.S. is been defined as a nation of immigrants.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: As a teacher, how do you deal with the different diversities without seeming to favor one specific ethinic group?
Quote:"Cultural diversity is not a new phenomenon for the Untied States" Pg 31
Question: Some of us are from high schools that lacked diversity. What kind of techniques are we going to learn in this class that will help us understand diversity in our classrooms?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
Fact: Nearly 1 million children age 5 or younger were identified as having mixed racial origins.
Question: Who or what exactly caused slavery? How did it all get started and what do you do if it's an issue in the classroom?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow." Chief Justice 1840-1904
Fact: 86% of Asian Americans have earned a high school diploma.
Question: If we are all from different countries and have different heritages, then why is there so much racism in this country?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Cultural diversity is not a new phenomenon for the United States"
Fact: There were 6.8 million who identified their heritage as multiracial in census 2000.
Question: On page 32 it says you '...cannot isolate activities from the social and cultural frame-work of the child', so if you have a very diverse class how should you incorporate all of their cultures?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "My country is not just a country, it's a world in itself, a world that I see in my classroom." Page 33
Fact: "Hispanics are still struggling for success. For many, Language presents a major challenge: Less than 30 percent are fluent in English." Page 23
Quote: “Immigration is not a phenomenon of the past. In fact, the experience of immigration is still fresh in the minds of a great many people in our country. It is an experience that begins a new everyday that planes land, ships reach our shores, and people make their way on foot to our borders.”
ReplyDeleteFact: Hispanics are currently the fastest growing group of non-European Americans
Question: How do we as teachers acknowledge a difference in cultural/ethnic backgrounds without singling students out?
Question: Most Americans are descended from immigrants; why is it that some Americans (typically of European descent) act like immigrants from other continents have no right to enter the country?
ReplyDeleteQuote: “My country is not just a country, it’s a world in itself, a world that I see in my classroom.”
Fact: Over 58% of American Pacific Islanders reside in California and Hawaii.
Quote: They are a natural extension of the United States, where groups of many different ethnicities abd extractions have come together to form a culturally diverse, pluralistic, or multiculture society. pg7
ReplyDeleteFact: Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens by birth and are free to live anywhere in the United States and its territories. pg23
Question: How can we as encourage the students to want to learn about there ethnicity, and the struggles that there family has endured?
Quote: "Educators must hold accurate knowledge about various cultural groups if they are o deliver developmentally appropriate programs that are sensitive and responsive to the world of today's children" Pg 31
ReplyDeleteFact: Immigration is an ongoing process of change and not a phenomenon of the past. Pg 8
Question: If diversity is taught at a young age within a child's home, how can we, as educators, encourage them to accept everyone if that is not what they have already been taught?
Question: Why is it that Latinos will be the fastest growing population today rising from 9.7 percent to 22.5 percent? pg. 16
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Others, either because of firsthand experiences or from comments by adults, might hold a negative perception of immagration. pg. 19
Fact: 86 percent of Asian Amerians recieved there High School diploma. pg. 19
Quote: "We recognize its [diversity] effects on our way of thinking, and we know its impact through the new laws and regulations that mandate changes in the schools and society at large." Pg 5
ReplyDeleteFact: Non-diverse communities are becoming dramatically more diverse. Pg 31
Question: How many different ways should we as teachers approach/introduce a topic?
question: Why where immigration laws established?
ReplyDeletequote:"Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow".
fact:In 1965 congress passed an immigration law that was based on a humanitarian notion of "reunification of families".
Question: How do I begin creating my portfolio?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Treat all me alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow." Chief Joseph (1840-1904)
Informative Fact: The United States of America is mainly created by immigrants. pg.18
Question: What non-European cultural backgrounds are most prominent in the state of Missouri in our schools?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "But, though I recognize the role of culture in making us who we are, I still don't know enough about the extent of its influence on children." (p. 4)
Fact: In 2000, one out of four Americans was a race other than white. (p. 31)
Question: When teaching various different ethnicities do you realize how you view each race?
ReplyDeleteFact: The US is defined mostly as a melting pot with various huge populations of immigrants
Quote: "Treat all men alike.Given them all the same law.Give them all an even chance to live and grow". Chief Justice
Good work here! Remind your peers in class to post these! I think the Levin and Levin information helped with some of this today with their four causes of prejudice. Keep up the good work!!
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How do we as teachers teach that just because someone may look, act, and speak differantly does not mean that they are in the wrong or bad just because there differant, when some children are brought up within an enviroment that tells them other wise?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Treat all men alike, give them all the same law, give them all the chance to live and grow."
Fact: Statistics show that in the past decade, unlike in earlier times, many of the recent immigrants are white collar proffessionals in the medical and health care proffessions.
Question: What if you are not reaching out to one culture as much as you are to another, and do not realize it? How do you go about avoiding this situation?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Immigration is an ongoing process of change and not a phenomenon of the past." -Nieto & Bode, 2008
Fact: During the 1990s the Hispanic population increased by 58% or 35.3 million, making it the largest minority group, surpassing African Americans by approximately 1 million people.
Question: What does a teacher do to make American born heritage students feel included if they in turn make it a poin tto include any student from another culture? Not all of our students will be from another country or any of their immediate family either for that matter.
ReplyDeleteQuote: Latin Americans are projected to surpass Afro-Americans as the largets minority in The United States in 2010.
Fact: Projections tell us that by 2050, 21 percent of the population will be of mixed race origins. Given this trend, the number of young children with multiracial heritage in early childhood classrooms is expected to rise dramatically. For early childhood educators, learning about the needs of children and families with multiracial heritage is essential. Source: Kasindorf & El Nasser, 2001.
Quote- "Within the total Hispanic Population, more than 60% of the heads of household came directly from Mexico, 70% under age 35.
ReplyDeleteQuestion-Why were other immagrants used as slaves?
Fact- Hispanic population increased by 58% making it the largest minority group surpassing African American by One Million.
Question: What are some things a teacher could do to make a positive environment that expresses and appriciates a multicultural classroom?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "The landscape of Earth is an intricate mix of shapes, forms, and colors, each with its own identity and spirit. They are seperate and yet a piece of a whole." - p.4
Fact: Amerasian Homecoming Act- allowed 75,000 Amerasians and their families to come to the United States. Amerasians are individuals born of Viatnamese mothers and U.S. service members stationed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Question: How can a teacher be educated about different cultures and the diversity of their students if it's not taught very much in classes they have in college?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "You will be a good teacher if you give each of your students an equal opportunity."
Fact: Statistics show that in 2000, one out of four americans was of a race other than white, a significant fact that further asserts the multicultural nature of the country