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Design Lessons Reflecting Diverse Cultures

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Design Lessons Reflecting Diverse Cultures

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Create lessons that include multiple voices, histories, and experiences. Teach about different cultures all year long. Make sure what you teach reflects every student’s background, so they all feel seen.

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Learn to adapt your lesson to meet different cultural learning styles. Some students may learn in groups while others need to work alone. Use examples, stories, and teaching methods that will connect them to their cultural background.

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Include books and reading that reflect your student’s cultures and experiences. Choose authors from different ethnic backgrounds and stories that help students see themselves in what they are reading. Books like Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena or Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard. Allow students to bring in or suggest books from their culture that you can read as a class.

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Have activities that blend cultural learning with different subjects. Students can learn about traditional music in art and science. Or study traditional food from different countries in math by measuring and converting recipes.

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Send home letters, emails, or messages in the language your student and their families speak at home. There are many translation apps, or you can ask your school secretary for help. This shows the families that you care and their voices matter, and keeps them involved.

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Invite Families to share their cultures through food, music, clothing, or stories during events held at school. Students love to show off their heritage, and everyone will learn something new in a fun and positive way.

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Give surveys at the start of the year asking families about their values, culture, holidays, and how they prefer to communicate. Use the responses to better support students and connect with families throughout the year.

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Welcoming Community Voices into the Classroom

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Welcoming Community Voices into the Classroom

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Ask parents, grandparents, or community members to visit classrooms and share about their cultures, jobs, or traditions. diversity. It also helps students connect classroom learning to real-life experiences and cultural traditions.

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Decorate your classroom with pictures, artwork, and posters that represent many different cultures. Include student art projects, cultural items like flags, and inspirational quotes from around the world. The goal is to help every student feel seen and valued. Display items that affirm each student's identity and show them they are loved, celebrated, and that they belong.

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Celebrate Cultural Holidays and Heritage Months

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Celebrate Cultural Holidays and Heritage Months

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Teach about and celebrate holidays from different cultures. Allow students to share how they celebrate at home. This helps everyone learn about each other and builds appreciation for cultural differences, promoting mutual respect and understanding.

Chinese New Year is a fun holiday to celebrate.

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Classroom Expectations That Honor Everyone

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Classroom Expectations That Honor Everyone

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Work with your class to create rules that promote fairness, kindness, and respect for all cultures. Discuss what it means to listen, include others, and treat everyone with respect. Regardless of their background or where they came from. This helps students develop empathy and reinforces the belief that every person is made in the image of God (imago Dei) and deserves respect.

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Arrange seating and group work so students can learn from their peers who have different backgrounds. Avoid letting the same kids group together repeatedly. Mix it up to encourage friendships and learning to respect and understand their classmates. It is important to switch group partners. This should be done often and include discussion about what students have learned from each other's cultures.

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Use examples and topics that connect to your students home life and cultures. For example, when teaching fractions, you can talk about recipes or traditions from their cultures to help make the lesson more meaningful.

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Give students different ways to share out what they know. They can draw, act out, write, or talk about it. Let them choose how to complete assignments using their strengths and interests. This builds confidence and allows them to express themselves in ways that connect with their background and who they are.

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Storytelling, Movement, and Hands on Learning

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Storytelling, Movement, and Hands on Learning

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Use storytelling, music, art, and activities to help students learn. Many cultures pass down knowledge through stories and movement. This makes learning fun and easy to understand.

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Some students may not want to speak up in front of the class because their culture or language skills are different. You can use private check-ins, drawings, thumbs up or down, so everyone has a safe way to show what they have learned.