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Tools to integrate multicultural perspectives in curriculum

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Literature to read first hand accounts of multicultural perspectives. The Diary of Anne Frank, The Hiding Place by Corre Ten Boom give first hand accounts of World War II. Life Among the Paiutes by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins gives a first hand account of Paiute Life in Northern Nevada just after the Civil War

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Create in Immersive lesson and experience that gives a multicultural perspective. Explaining segregation with M&Ms. Give out M&Ms randomly. Explain that the red M&Ms get more time on their tests, but the blue M&Ms can't use paper. But bite into the candy and we are all the same and should be treated as such. 

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Dear America Writing. Using the Dear America Diaries series as a reference, students write a journal entry as if they were from another culture, with real life references such as climate, housing, life events, etc.  As well as getting creative with the emotions one might feel. 

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Explain Statistics: Gather reputable data, and calculate how many people were in the military for one country during world war II. How many saw combat vs how many didn't, and calculate the percentage. How many people were sent to concentration camps. How many of those people were of different ethnicities? 

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Teaching Methods

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Cultural Survey. Take a survey of the cultures represented in the classroom, what languages are spoken among peers and at home. This gives information about what the students may connect with in their classrooms.

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Influential Figures from the represented cultures. With the information from the survey research and present prominent figures that have contributes to the local community and our society that are part of those cultures, doing power point presentations, small group projects such as writing or reading biographies. Indigenous people examples are Wovoka and Sarah Winnemucca. Latin American are Frieda Khalo. African Americans Michelle and Barak Obama. 

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Escape Room: creating an escape room that requires students in small groups to solve puzzles surrounding the content that has been discussed in previous lessons in order to move from puzzle to puzzle and ultimately win a reward. 

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Small Group Centers focusing on represented culture, the cultural history, present, faith, art and language. 

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Fostering a Multicultural Classroom Environment

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Have a Party! Host a party celebrating a multicultural holiday. Put small groups of students in charge of different categories, like music, food, decorations, etc. 

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Label the calendar and other frequently used items in the classroom in English and other languages spoken by students in the classroom such as Spanish or Washoe.

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Invite students to team into groups and create a scene in a Chautauqua style of one of the represented cultures in the past, the present and what the people hope for the future.

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Have one day a week where a student can give an oral presentation, either live or recorded about a cultural practice or item. The cultural practice or item does not have to be their own. 

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Family and Community Engagement

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Happenings Newsletter. Create a newsletter monthly of events and activities that are happening in the community, both inside and outside of school. Have it published in English and other languages frequently used by students and their families. 

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Multicultural Night. Host an evening convenient for the majority of parents to participate in games, readings, dances, and presentations from different cultures. Invite members of the community to share thier language, clothing and traditions at this time. 

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Booth at Community Events. Have a booth at community events, such as pow wows, trunk or treats, community night out, street fairs, to showcase the work students are doing to foster a sense of community and multicultural awareness. 

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Reading Week. During Reading week, typically in March, be sure to suggest and feature books by local community authors, and that feature the cultures represented by our community. Such as I color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick, We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom.