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(Session 4)

Strategies for Teaching and Learning
in Alternative Education Facilities:
Culturally Resonant Curriculum

Mary Male, Ph.D.
San José State University

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Session Objectives

Teachers will select curriculum which is culturally resonant, provides access to big ideas and crucial skills across a wide range of abilities, and helps students make connections between social/emotional and academic growth. Teachers will be able to:

  • Identify resources for culturally resonant curriculum.
  • Review culturally resonant activities to identify big ideas and range of skill levels addressed in the lesson.
  • Select appropriate resources and plan activities for their own classrooms.

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    Introductory Activity

    Activity 1

     
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    PowerPoint Presentation: Culturally Resonant Curriculum

    PowerPoint Presentation (coming soon....)

     
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    Debriefing Verbal sharing by participants of examples of personal experiences
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    Activity: Review the UNESCO document on tolerance and discuss its relationship to selecting culturally resonant curriculum; discuss the connections with the list generated in the introductory activity http://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/34_57.pdf
    30
    Activity: Review the resources on the web site; share with a partner or small group selections to follow up http://www.crosscultured.com/articles/Multicultural_Resources.doc
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    Debriefing: SummaryJournal Activity

    Activity 2 (Journal Prompt)
     
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