https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5 Free resources for elementary school teachers to share diverse cultural experiences with diverse students! en-us 2017-12-12 18:16:31 UTC 2025-10-02 05:17:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215551434 Boys are often thought to have a crazier childhood than girls do. This topic focus on the diversity of personalities and experiences of boys who grown up with the care of people of different races. We can see the growth of boys from the relationship between boys and their peers. ]]> 2017-12-12 18:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215551434 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215551907 2017-12-12 18:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215551907 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215558485 1. Let students make a comparison about the differences between the boys' imagination of Antarctic Ocean and the real Antarctic Ocean. Ask them what kind of misunderstanding may occur when people understand or depict an unfamiliar culture without the opportunity of experiencing it.

2. After reading the story, let students discuss: What the family trip means to the boys' family in the book? Whose perspectives are shared/missing? Then encourage students to write down the activities they like to do with their own family. Then let the boys exchange their activity lists with girls. Teacher hold a discussion and compare children of different genders'/races' preference of family activities. ]]> 2017-12-12 18:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215558485 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215558521 2017-12-12 18:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215558521 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215627450 This is Wenjie Cui, a child-crazy edugator majored in Elementary School Education at University of Florida! Wish you a nice travel on my website! Hope my resources can help you find what you want! ^_^]]> 2017-12-12 21:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215627450 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215630740 Nowadays, more and more Asian families immigrate to America. The number of Asian students in  elementary school shows a significant increase from the 20th century. It is important for American students to know something about Asian culture to get along better with their Asian peers. It is also helpful for recent Asian immigrants to have a good understanding about their cultural identity.]]> 2017-12-12 21:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215630740 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215630769 Socioeconomics makes great influences on forming the cultural characteristics. Money is a topic quite familiar to elementary school students. Children can learn many cultural characteristics from the development, appearance and usage of different kinds of money.]]> 2017-12-12 21:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215630769 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215630828 Indian Americans make up an important part in today's American elementary school. However there still exists some stereotypes and discriminations about Indian culture. It is important that students of various background set up an appropriate attitude towards Indian culture.]]> 2017-12-12 21:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215630828 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215631793 2017-12-12 22:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215631793 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215631995 1. After reading the book, teachers can ask their students to design a compare and contrast poster to compare the differences in the ways of celebrating new year in China and in their own country. Encourage them to use textual evidence from the book to prove their findings.

2. After students read the book, let them make a list of the cultural customs/activities they are still confused of due to the inadequate/too vague explanation in the book. (Eg: Why do Chinese people think orange will bring them money in the next year?  ) 
Then, let them talk about what tips may the author use to make a more explicit/specific introduction about Chinese New Year culture.]]> 2017-12-12 22:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215631995 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632155 2017-12-12 22:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632155 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632278 1. Ask students to make a comparison table to talk about the development of money in diverse areas and cultures. 
The content may go like this:
People in (__what area______) used (__what material__) for trading. They choose this material because ________________________________ .

2. Design a project about diverse money and diverse culture. Let each student choose one kind of money mentioned in this book, collect as many details as they can from the book, and do some research about it, finally make a presentation to introduce it to their peers. Encourage them to talk about the characteristics(material/ picture/shape/color) of the money, and the connection between the characteristics and the specific culture the money comes from.]]> 2017-12-12 22:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632278 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632350 2017-12-12 22:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632350 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632608 1.  After finish reading the whole book, ask students to make an analysis on their reading journal about the book’s depiction of Indian people. Encourage them to figure out which descriptions tell from an objective perspective? Which descriptions contain cultural stereotype or racial discrimination?

2. Teachers may hold a "Mirror and Window" discussion activity with their students. The following questions can be tried in discussion:
(1) What kind of new cultural experiences are you exposed to?
(2) What details in this book ill-represented the Indian culture?
(3) If you come from a minority cultural group, is there any time your culture is mis-represented or ill-represented? If so, how would you promote understanding towards your culture?
(4) If you have a classmate who is a recent immigrant to America, how would you help him/her build cultural self-esteem?]]> 2017-12-12 22:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632608 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632693 2017-12-12 22:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632693 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632751 1. Ask students to find out the personalities the Chinese girl have from the depiction in the book. (careful/careless/naughty/confide-nt/obedient) Encourage them to use textual evidence to justify themselves and make their findings eloquent and believable.

2. Design a "Fact and Opinion" table about the depiction of the Chinese girl. Ask students to finish it with reference to the text, then make an analysis about whether those textual facts(or illustrations) promotes understanding of the girl's personalities, and whether those textual opinions(or illustrations) would support the unbiased understanding/cause discrimination or cultural misunderstanding about Chinese culture.]]> 2017-12-12 22:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632751 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632852 2017-12-12 22:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215632852 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215902070 I would guide my students to feel the love given from people of different races in The boy Who Was Raised by Librarians, and to appreciate different customs in celebrating new year in China by sharing the activities like eating dumplings, having family dinner in Happy Chinese New Year. I would lead my students to do compare and contrast between the life of Chinese girl and their own life. I may inspire my students to find out the cultural differences in socioecnomics by reading and finding how people in different areas use different materials as money, and what is the function of money, and how different people use money in The History of Money. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, Junior is ugly and poor, but he never give up his pursue for a better learning environment no matter how many times he is criticized or laughed at. I will use his story to encourage my students to embrace their peers from minority cultural groups and encourage students from minority cultural groups or have disabilities to realize that we should try to do as best as we can in all our imperfections. 

]]> 2017-12-13 17:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215902070 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215924491 1. Teachers can let the students find out what kind(s) of money are shown in this book. (From the book, all the money pictures are in USD.) Guide the students to think critically about whether this book is suitable for immigrant children to read. Will immigrant children choose it even it does not contain their own money? How to improve the illustrations to make the book more appealing to children of diverse cultural backgrounds?
 
2. Hold a cultural discussion with students about how people of diverse cultural groups spend their money. Write down some unique purposes of buying things in some special cultures on their notebook. (For example, parents in China prefer saving money for their children to spending it for their own even after their children grow up; people in some Africans tribes may spend a large amount of money in buying some expensive dressings for their unique festivals. )]]> 2017-12-13 18:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215924491 cuiwj44 https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215928540 1. Write a reading journal about how librarians from diverse cultural backgrounds care and love the white boy. Then make a reflection about what else we can do to work together with people from diverse cultural backgrounds to help make a better community/society.

2. Let students talk about their own experiences of receiving help or services from peers/teachers/staff of other races in the school library. How was it similar/different from the Melvin's experience? 
Did they meet any difficulty in communicating with them due to cultural difference?]]> 2017-12-13 18:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cuiwj44/d77zuuzah3e5/wish/215928540