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Incorporate examples and scenarios that reflect students’ cultural backgrounds.
Example: In a math lesson, use real-world word problems involving local businesses or cultural traditions (like food preparation or market sales).

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Vary teaching styles to support diverse learning preferences.
Example: Combine visual aids, storytelling, group collaboration, and hands-on activities to engage students from oral and collective cultures.

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Learn About Students’ Cultural Backgrounds

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Learn About Students’ Cultural Backgrounds

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Take time to understand your students’ identities and how they learn best.
Example: Use beginning-of-year surveys or cultural sharing activities to shape your instructional approach throughout the year.

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Allow students to express themselves in culturally meaningful ways.
Example: Offer options for assignments like art, music, video, or storytelling to accommodate different forms of cultural expression and communication.

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Create an Inclusive Physical Environment 

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Create an Inclusive Physical Environment 

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Design your classroom to reflect and celebrate student diversity.
Example: Display multicultural posters, student art from different backgrounds, and bilingual labels to ensure students feel seen and represented.

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Collaboratively develop classroom expectations that promote empathy, kindness, and inclusion.
Example: Use community circles or classroom meetings to set behavior norms that honor everyone’s voice and culture.

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Model and encourage language that affirms all identities and avoids stereotypes.
Example: Say “families” instead of “moms and dads,” and ensure student names are pronounced correctly and used respectfully.

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Highlight student cultures through classroom events, lessons, and acknowledgments.
Example: Acknowledge holidays like Lunar New Year, Día de los Muertos, or Indigenous Peoples’ Day through meaningful, student-led activities.

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Invite families to share traditions, food, music, or stories from their cultures.
Example: Organize a multicultural night where students and their families host booths representing their cultural heritage.

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Communicate with families in their preferred languages whenever possible.
Example: Send newsletters or texts in English and Spanish, or use interpreters during parent-teacher conferences to ensure clear, respectful dialogue.

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Incorporate service or learning projects that connect students with diverse local communities.
Example: Partner with a cultural center or nonprofit for a project focused on cultural awareness, storytelling, or historical preservation.

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Offer workshops that support parents in engaging with their child’s education and multicultural topics.
Example: Host a parent night focused on culturally responsive teaching or how to support learning at home across languages and cultures.

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Use books and texts written by diverse authors or featuring characters from various cultural backgrounds.
Example: Read Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai to explore the experiences of a Vietnamese refugee family.

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Integrate Diverse Historical Perspectives 

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Integrate Diverse Historical Perspectives 

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Include historical events told from the viewpoints of different cultural and ethnic groups.
Example: Teach about World War II through both American and Japanese perspectives, including internment camp stories and civilian experiences.

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Introduce case studies that highlight global issues and diverse cultural contributions.
Example: In science, study Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement to connect environmental sustainability with African leadership.

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Incorporate cultural exploration into core academic subjects like math, science, and art.
Example: In math, explore number systems from ancient cultures. In art, study the symbolism of Día de los Muertos altars.