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For me, the challenge with teaching multiculturalism to college-aged students is that many are not willing to make the connection that gaining an understanding of different cultures means acknowledging and exploring difficult histories. It's easy to say we are comfortable with the expression of culture from a pop culture or media standpoint, but we are often lacking in our knowledge of the story behind the heroes and icons we tend to celebrate or emulate. I'll give you two examples. To more deeply understand and appreciate the cast of the Jersey Shore and the tight-knit connection between them is to also appreciate that Italian- Americans share a particularly strong bond that happened as a result of immigration and discrimination in the early 20th century. To more deeply understand and appreciate the marriage of Cardi B and Offset as part of hip-hop, street, and trap culture is also to appreciate the history of Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican music as it developed over generations of colonization and survivance. Beats and music are key to the storytelling culture of African Americans and Islanders.

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Nick, Logan, Palek and Emma -Cherokee/Seminole Removal Roleplay

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Nick, Logan, Palek and Emma -Cherokee/Seminole Removal Roleplay

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The promises of this lesson plan include a more engaging way of learning, and a creative way to get students critically thinking instead of just reading/writing or having the teacher explain it to them. A challenge could be that role-playing Native Americans might target those groups and be considered offensive or cultural appropriation. It needs to be deployed carefully without perpetuating stereotypes. Some parents might disapprove of this lesson plan especially if their own kids feel targeted negatively.

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Abby, Adina, Rachel, Sam ,and Julia : Southern Tenants 

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Abby, Adina, Rachel, Sam ,and Julia : Southern Tenants 

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Adina Abby, Rachel, Sam, Julia

Challenge: A challenge that may arise from successful teaching may be script-making because some students don’t work well in groups. 2. A lot of necessary background information is required to complete the task, which may be challenging to grasp.3. some students who may have experienced racism or discrimination could be susceptible to the topic Promise: 1 Student will learn the negative impacts that racial attitudes can have on relationships within a community, further driving them apart and acting as a roadblock to the development of these relationships. 2. Students will understand how racism divides potential allies. And Students will reflect on ways to overcome racism while Another promise examines efforts by black and white workers to overcome deep divisions and suspicions of racial antagonism. 3. all students will be engaged in these topics through dialogue, discussion, and presentation

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Caitie, Sierra, and Melissa - Southern Tenant Farmers' Union

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Caitie, Sierra, and Melissa - Southern Tenant Farmers' Union

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This material promises to teach students about racism's ability to divide potential allies and about the difficulties of labor organization. It is well laid-out, with readings and discussions that aren't above the high school level. The main difficulty isn't the content, it's the attitudes. Parents may oppose the lesson because many people oppose the teaching of race relations in the classroom. The students' attitudes may also make this difficult, as many high schoolers are apt to not take things seriously. If the teacher is able to keep students engaged, however, it will have an impactful effect on their understanding of racism and its effects.

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Trail of tears after Cherokee removal occurred.

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Cherokee Seminole Removal - Group 5 - Jonathan, Jenaz, John, Sydney

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Cherokee Seminole Removal - Group 5 - Jonathan, Jenaz, John, Sydney

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The lesson plan includes an exercise that focuses heavily on student engagement by placing them in groups playing the role of the different groups at the time. The exercise involved is somewhat complex, so definitely more suitable for high school or even college students. This exercise tries to show a more nuanced view of the Cherokee Removal by showing each group's involvement whether for or against and how the government's choices do not reflect the sentiments of everyone at the time, or in this case even the majority of people. As a teacher it can be difficult to perform the exercise as it asks to separate the students into groups with opposing motivations. Keeping control and track of the multiple discussions, especially with a large class, can be difficult.

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Japanese Latin American Internment Camps (Lisa, Jannat, Nick T., Morgan)

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Japanese Latin American Internment Camps (Lisa, Jannat, Nick T., Morgan)

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One of the challenges we came across in teaching this history through the role play activity is students may be uncomfortable speaking on the role that they have been assigned as it may disagree with their own values. While some students realize that the roles they must play are offensive, if this is not addressed, then the atmosphere of the discussion may become really uncomfortable.  Some of the promises of the lesson plan is that is allows students to feel comfortable talking about difficult issues, give a recount of history that is fairer to all sides, and lets students get a perspective on why certain parties acted the way they did.

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We believe that a challenge with teaching Pump up the Blow Outs to the middle school age is getting the students to fully understand the importance of Mexican-american history. We also believe that this information can be hard for 8th graders to fully grasp and some students will not want to challenge themselves or broaden their horizon, but that shouldn't deter the teacher from going over these topics in their lesson plans. Because without historical contemporary connections we miss crucial structural patterns and allow the notation that “racism is a thing of the past” and since these topics are rarely taught in k-12 it is important for the students to learn it at a younger age. What these lesson plans promise is a safe area for inclusion of history that is not always taught, like mentioned before, so it allows students of that background to feel seen and heard.

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I feel as though the intentions with this lesson plan mean well. I feel as though in a classroom, it is extremely important to educate students about different cultures however it is also equally as important to ensure that it is being done in an accurate and respectful manner. Role playing can definitely be a way to get students engaged and excited, however it can also be seen as mocking these native people. Perhaps a different approach may be better.