Transcript of Diversity. Walk Apart – Walk Together Two "volunteers" come forward and stand with backs together....
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- Diversity
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- Walk Apart Walk Together Two "volunteers" come forward and
stand with backs together. The "audience" is asked to call out
things about these two volunteers that are different. Differences
sometimes push us apart. As each difference is called the
volunteers take one step apart. When they reach the end of
available space, they turn and face each other. Now the audience is
asked to call out things that are similar/alike about the
volunteers. As each similarity is called out, the volunteers take
one step toward each other. Note, most times the differences are
things we can see: hair/skin color, wearing glasses or not,
different type, shoes, one in pants, the other in skirt. The
similarities are often times things that the audience perceives:
both are shy, both are enthusiastic, etc. Of course there may be
some physical characteristics that are similar. This can be used in
the classroom, presented as a game to their students. Besides being
fun, it is an excellent way to open up communication about
diversity and shows students how diversity can push people
apart.
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- What does diversity mean to you? Race Religion Disabled
(mentally or physically)
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- Diversity: 1. the state or fact of being diverse; difference;
unlikeness. 2. variety; multiformity. 3. a point of difference.
Synonyms: change, difference, variation, dissimilarity
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- What are some examples of diversity? Race: Japanese, Russian,
Swedish, Chilean, Inuit
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- What are some examples of diversity? Religion: Christian,
Buddhist, Muslim, Wiccan, Taoist
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- What are some examples of diversity? Disabled: Blind, Apraxic,
Gifted, Paraplegic, Deaf
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- Diversity can also refer to ones socio-economic status.
Students may come from wealthy or poor families.
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- If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of
precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining
the same, it would look something like the following. There would
be: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both
north and south
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- 8 Africans 52 females 48 males 70 non-whites 30 whites 70
non-Christians 30 Christians 89 heterosexuals 11 homosexuals
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- 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all
6 would be from the United States. 80 would live in substandard
housing 70 would be illiterate 50 would be malnourished 1 would be
near death 1 would be near birth 1 (yes, only 1) would have a
college education 1 would own a computer
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- When one considers our world from such a compressed
perspective, the need for both acceptance, understanding and
education becomes glaringly apparent.
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- Incorporating Diversity in the Classroom Language Arts This is
a story about a Mexican boy who has tuberculosis. The local doctors
have tried everything, to no effect. His father takes him to
Oklahoma to see a medicine woman who miraculously cures him. Race
The Journey by Duane Big Eagle
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- Incorporating Diversity in the Classroom Language Arts Squeaky
is in charge of her not quite right brother, Raymond. She is also a
runner and takes him with her on her daily jaunts. It is not until
her big race that she notices that Raymond has a special talent of
his own. Mentally challenged Raymonds Run by Toni Cade Bambara
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- Incorporating Diversity in the Classroom Language Arts When
Doodle was born he was not expected to live. He was physically
delayed and very sickly. His brother was embarrassed by this and
eventually taught Doodle to walk. One day, after a storm blew a
scarlet ibis to their door, tragedy struck. Physically challenged
The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst
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- Incorporating Diversity in the Classroom Language Arts
Francisco and his family moved often in order to find work in the
fields. He was only in 6 th grade and desperately wanted to go to
school. He finally found a teacher willing to help him with his
English but upon his arrival home one day, received devastating
news. Socio-economic The Circuit by Francisco Jimnez
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- What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin
in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink
like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? -
Langston Hughes Harlem Renaissance African American
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- Discovery! On my frogs smooth green belly, There sits no
button. Yaku Haiku - Japanese
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- Think: How can you incorporate diversity into your lesson
plans?
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- Here is another activity on how to detect diversity. Chat with
the people in the room. Find people who have had the following
experience. Have them sign their name or initials in the
appropriate blank. Try to talk to everyone in the room. __________
1. Knows a folk dance. __________ 2. Has been to an American Indian
pow wow. __________ 3. Has cooked or eaten ethnic food in the last
week __________ 4. Can say, hello (or similar greeting) in four
different languages. __________ 5. Has sat under a palm tree.
__________ 6. Has attended a religious service of a religion other
than their own.
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- __________ 7. Has attended a Kwanzaa celebration, or knows what
Kwanzaa is. __________ 8. Has relatives or ancestors who came
through Ellis Island. __________ 9. Plays a musical instrument.
__________ 10. Has had to utilize crutches, a wheelchair, a cane,
or has worn a cast __________ 11. Can name four different kinds of
breads from other cultures. __________ 12. Has seen a Spike Lee
movie. __________ 13. Is bilingual, or has relatives who speak a
language other than English. __________ 14. Knows some American
sign language. __________ 15. Likes to do jigsaw puzzles.
__________ 16. Has studied a foreign language. __________ 17. Has
had a pen pal. __________ 18. Has attended a Las Posadas
celebration, or knows what Las Posadas is.
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- In conclusion, here is an analogy comparing M&M Candies to
diversity. I have always liked M & Ms. The most diverse
multicultural integrated candy in the world. You have your red
ones, your yellow ones, your orange ones, your brown ones, and your
green ones, (and the newest blue ones). All in one package, all co-
existing together. One color doesnt think that it is superior to
the other. One color doesnt discriminate against the other. All
colors are the same size, shape, and weight.
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- All colors look different on the outside, but have the same
ingredients on the inside. M & Ms all have the same flavor, and
they all taste G-o-o-o-d. Not all M & Ms are perfect though,
some have Nuts!!! In the real world we call them racists, and
bigots. Wouldnt it be nice if like M & Ms our prejudices melted
into the abyss like chocolate melts in our mouth, and all people
were judged by what was inside, rather than the color you see on
the outside??? If candy can be prejudice free WHY CANT WE??? - Dr.
Marilyn Kern-Foxworth