Chapter 3: Multicultural Education in a Sociopolitical context.
Multicultural Education Chapter 8
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Transcript of Multicultural Education Chapter 8
“For Freedom’s Sake” J. A. Banks
Marissa Schrader & Megan Holland
Multicultural Education
Chapter 8
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In terms of your race
Socioeconomic class
Educational status
Gender
What does Freedom mean to you personally?
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What Freedomswill become most important to you as a Teacher?
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at Homein the
Communityin the
Classroom
Multicultural Freedom is a reason to celebrate!!
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What it does NOT look like?
• As teachers, …”we cannot wage war for peace….” Roberto Bahruth – ESL Professor, Boise State University
• We do not have the luxury of expressingour personal opinions
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Learn of their individual and cultural talents
Experience freedom of creativity and exploration
Practice cultural responsibilityRespect Nature
Teachers provide a safe place for students to:
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Seek cultural purity
and preservation of landCelebrate
heritage through food, dress, language, music, and dance
Indigenous Peoples
Hmong – North Vietnam
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Seek understanding
Share legends of the past to connect those in the present
Believe “a person is no more important than a beaver or a pine tree or a body of water….” Nancy Van Laan, Native North American and writer of “In a Circle Long Ago”
Natives of North America
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