Due Tuesday 5/19 - Diversity in Media and the Classroom

Read about challenges in defining Multicultural Education and also about the areas of social transformation.
www.edchange.org/multicultural/initial.html

Read about “Key Characteristics of a Multicultural Curriculum” by P.Gorski
www.edchange.org/multicultural/curriculum/characteristics.html

Watch the video “Misconceptions; Do’s and Don’ts of a 1st Year Teacher” created by Mississippi State University students about racial stereotypes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ5HDM5H1yM


Read short article “Transforming Myself to Transform My School: with the special attention to “Ten Critical and Self-critical Things I Can Do to Be a Better Multicultural Educator:
www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/edchange_10things.html

Analyze short “State of the village report” from 2005
http://www.odt.org/Pictures/popvillage.pdf
originally created in 1992 by Donella H. Meadows

Additional resources:

How to Tell if You Are a Racist? Consider the questions, answer to yourself. http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-You-Are-a-Racist

Uses and Gratifications model of the media (Blumler and Katz)

• http://tinyurl.com/32a6bv
  

• www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A770951
  

Video “Tellin' Stories” about program designed to increase parental involvement and student achievement in America's public schools.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRNZZiyYJv4