Multicultural Engagements (Grades 6-8) by Multicultural Dep. https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq 2021 New Teacher Induction en-us 2021-06-28 20:56:17 UTC 2025-12-13 01:20:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/732801902/3cef08cf1d0ae53370068588806aef60/CI.JPG 1. Read the book review. (The book is available on site as a class set.) Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630650036 2021-06-29 22:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630650036 2. Gender Equality and Empower Women (2000-2015) Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630653778 In 2000, the United Nations addressed global poverty and agreed to 8 goals, and a time frame from 2000 to 2015 to reach these goals. One of the goals is "promote gender equality and empower women." Look at achievement of the goal.  ]]> 2021-06-29 22:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630653778 1. Read two Christopher Columbus stories. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630688031 2021-06-29 23:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630688031 Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630688209 2021-06-29 23:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630688209 2. Tabulate whose views are represented. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630689970 How many times do Columbus and his men present their perspective? How many times do the Indians present theirs? Using fractions and percentages, demonstrate your findings and draw potential conclusions. ]]> 2021-06-29 23:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1630689970 1. Watch this video. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655155751 https://youtu.be/FtYjUv2x65g ]]> 2021-07-19 22:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655155751 2. Look at the data. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655155896 If we look at the world population as a village of 100 people, today: 

50 would be female 
50 would be male 

26 would be children 
There would be 74 adults, 
8 of whom would be 65 and older 

There would be: 
60 Asians
15 Africans
14 people from the Americas 
11 Europeans 

33 Christians 
22 Muslims 
14 Hindus 
7 Buddhists 
12 people who practice other religions 
12 people who would not be aligned with a religion 

7 would have a college degree 
22 would own or share a computer 

12 would speak Chinese 
5 would speak Spanish 
5 would speak English 
3 would speak Arabic 
3 would speak Hindi 
3 would speak Bengali 
3 would speak Portuguese 
2 would speak Russian 
2 would speak Japanese 
62 would speak other languages 

77 people would have a place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but 23 would not 

87 would have access to safe drinking water 13 people would have no clean, safe water to drink 

1 would be dying of starvation 
15 would be undernourished 
21 would be overweight 

83 would be able to read and write; 17 would not ]]> 2021-07-19 22:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655155896 3. Answer to the questions. Add your responses in the comment box. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655157600
  • What does this data tell us? What do you think about that?
  • How would you encourage your students represent this data? 

    • ]]>     2021-07-19 22:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655157600     4. Add your ideas on possible extension. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655158524 Students can collate information from their class, school, community, or any other places. For example, information about:
    • their favorite social media.
    • languages spoken at school. 
    What other information can be collated with your class?
    ]]>     2021-07-19 22:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655158524     2. Read "A Long Walk to Water" book review. (The book is available on site as a class set.) Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655200890 2021-07-19 23:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655200890 3. Read "The Hidden Grain in Meat" by Stephanie Kempf. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655203798 One billion of the world's people do not get enough to eat, yet half the grain grown in the world is fed to livestock. Why? To fatten the cattle up for sale to people who can afford to buy meat. Chronically hungry people rarely have the money to buy meat. 

    Most cattle today do not graze on pasture grasses - if they did, their mean would be leaner and healthier. Instead, they are penned up in crowded "feedlots" and give large quantities of grain. The meat from grain-fed cattle is higher in fat. 

    For every 16 pounds of grain fed to a cow, we get only one pound back in meat on our plates. Producing that pound of meat requires 2,500 gallons of water. In many areas of the world, people, like Nya and her family, do not have access to even a small amount of clean drinking water and must walk miles a day to get it. 

    ]]>     2021-07-19 23:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655203798     4. Do the math. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655211466 If your entire class went to McDonald's and each student ate one Quarter-Pounder, how much grain was used to produce the class's lunch? How much water was used? Explain why do you think is or is not a problem? If it is a problem, what are possible solutions?  ]]> 2021-07-19 23:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655211466 Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655232689
  • Select one engagement.           
  • Read short articles, respond to the questions, and add your thoughts, ideas, and questions in the comment box.

    • ]]>     2021-07-20 00:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1655232689     1. Watch the video. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656157753 https://youtu.be/Sj3M5dynD9c ]]> 2021-07-20 17:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656157753 3. Gender Equality and Empower Women (2015-2030) Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656196964 In September 2015, the General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Read one of the goals: "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls." ]]> 2021-07-20 18:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656196964 4. Effect of COVID-19 Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656212886 What are some effects of COVID-19 on gender equality and women’s rights?  ]]> 2021-07-20 18:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656212886 5. Add your responses in the comment box. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656213578
  • What are key gender issues that might affect the ability of a project to achieve its goals or prevent women and men from benefiting equally? 
  • What types of data should be collected to track the gender-related project impacts? 
  • What might be some potential unintended consequences?
    • ]]>     2021-07-20 18:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656213578     1. Read the poem written by a working-class Chilean woman in 1973. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656242962 2021-07-20 19:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656242962 2. Charting difference and commonality Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656243236 How does race, class, and gender impact two women's lives? ]]> 2021-07-20 19:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656243236 3. Add your ideas on possible extension. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656247300 What other poems or stories that can encourage students to discuss how race, class, and gender differences impact people's lives as well as the lives of characters? For example, Esperanza Rising, students can identify the inequality between the field workers and the owners/bosses. ]]> 2021-07-20 19:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656247300 1. Watch the video. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656266188 2021-07-20 20:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656266188 3. Add your responses in the comment box. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656266262
  • What do you think Castle is feeling at various points? How do you feel reading the story about his life experience? How might you feel in those situations? Have you ever been in a situation where you felt something similar to Castle?
  • Castle could not speak, write or do sign language. So there is nothing in his own words about what he thought or felt. We usually think of language when we think of communication. But can the arts also communicate? Fine art? Music? Dance? What might Castle's art be telling us about what he thought or felt?
    • ]]>     2021-07-20 20:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656266262     2. Explore James Castle's arts. Multicultural_Dep https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656267447 Look closely at his arts. How do you think they were made? What do you notice? How does it make you feel? ]]> 2021-07-20 20:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Multicultural_Dep/7t7hqi567yprsodq/wish/1656267447