https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2 The objective of this Padlet is to provide a resource for elementary teachers K - 12, to foster global and cultural awareness, support learning experiences and diversity by using technology for productive learning. en-us 2021-10-31 04:21:54 UTC 2021-11-03 22:34:58 UTC hello@padlet.com carie_thomas1 https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2/wish/1856943301 The mission of this informative website is to educate and provide multiple resources for educators of K-12th grade and parents, to educate themselves and students of tolerance and acceptance of all cultures. Resources include inspirational quotes, video, books, websites and guides for teachers and families to support learning about others and respecting diversity and differences among each other.

Lesson Description: Teaching Tolerance with Empathy.
Launching a unit on empathy to pre-school through early elementary, reading the book titled ," Starting  Small," would expose young learners to young children who are from different communities but are working together to share a common goal of learning to care about each other's feelings, beliefs and welfare. After reading the story, discussing what empathy means and how that looks in the classroom and in students lives. Creating an anchor chart of ways the children cared for one another in the story to how students in the class do for each other and discussing how it is similar and different. Expanding empathy with options of extended learning by use of drawing and labeling a picture of how students showed empathy toward each other in the story to creating a  class book of ways that students will show empathy to others in the classroom, regardless of differences they have.

(The Respect Diversity Foundation, 2021)]]> 2021-10-31 16:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2/wish/1856943301 carie_thomas1 https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2/wish/1860294392 PenPal School is a safe, learning community where teachers match students of same ages ranging from K - 12th grade, from 150 countries to read, write and collaborate on projects together. Teachers use this website to implement higher level thinking lessons across subject matters for students to connect with others globally, with authentic, cross-cultural collaboration in order to support cultural learning experiences.

Lesson Description: To honor "Celebration of World Poetry Day." With over 1,000 students participated around the world, teachers can sign up their students in a global poetry contest to learn about cultural awareness. Students shared their thoughts and perspectives through poetry of their own, on subject matter including history, the environment, to personal experiences of family members, including pets. Students voted on submitted works to choose their favorite poems and then celebrated virtually the global winners.

(Aranda, 2018)
(PenPal Schools, (2021)

]]> 2021-11-02 01:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2/wish/1860294392 carie_thomas1 https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2/wish/1860361098 This informative, age appropriate video is created for teachers to share with elementary age students to educate them on the meaning of civic engagement and the importance it brings to society. The video describes effective ways adults and students participate in civic activities that bridge communities with socially conscience thought and action with activities like voting and volunteering to fundraising and environmental clean up.

Lesson Description: In launching a unit on civic engagement, teachers may play this video to expose upper grade through junior high age students to the value and importance of getting involved in their communities. After watching the video, using an anchor chart, students can brainstorm ways they can get involved. Students then will get in small groups, to conduct research on an effective way to participate in their own community. An artifact can be created together to explain their findings with their choice of a video, google slide show or other appropriate tools.

(Civic Engagement for Kids, 2017)]]> 2021-11-02 02:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2/wish/1860361098 carie_thomas1 https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2/wish/1860615678 Circle Round is a collection of podcasts resources of carefully selected global folk tales that have been adapted with sound and music for children ages 4 -10 years old. Episodes are 10 - 20 minutes long, that address story lines of kindness and generosity with exposure to cultural awareness with settings and characters from all over the world. 

Lesson Description: In honor of Indigenous Day, playing the podcast titled "Encore: The Woman in the Moon" would be a strong example of an Alaskan Native who learns the value and importance of working together. When completing a unit on the importance of collaboration with others, play this podcast to students and while students are listening, they are to think of the last time they worked together with someone and how it felt doing so. After, brainstorming ideas on an anchor chart and compare and contrast classmates ideas, to show thinking, assign students to work together to complete a series of jobs. When complete, students then choose one job to complete individually. When completed, have students share their experiences of the value of teamwork and the benefits it brings to learning and compare to their experience to that of the main character in the story.


(Circle Round, 2021)]]> 2021-11-02 04:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2/wish/1860615678 carie_thomas1 https://padlet.com/carie_thomas1/n4z95jqvuzjwfuc2/wish/1863372248 This culturally rich video for elementary age students shares specific traditions of various children of different backgrounds and ethnicity in a humorous and lighthearted way. Each child has a moment to show an artifact and explain an important cultural tradition and experience they celebrate or participate in within their background and family heritage.  

Lesson Description: To launch or enrich a unit on diversity and to promote cultural awareness, this video can be played to K - third grade students to explain an assignment that they will individually participate in. The video can be shown to reveal how students share their diverse backgrounds, along with an artifact of some kind. After the video, students will chart the the cultures and traditions that were explained in the video. Students will  use digital literacies, virtual tools and new media, to research a diverse tradition of their own to create a presentation to be shared with the class. 

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