How should we educate citizens in multicultural societies? Reports on recent research in this field and considers the implications for teachers, teacher education and student teachers. The book ends with a wonderful declaration: Being “not exactly the same” is a reason to like each other. Simple words and lush illustrations draw children into this gentle story of discovery, acceptance, and affirmation. I’m Like You, You’re Like Me: A Child’s Book About Understanding and Celebrating Each Other
Subject Area: social studies, all-school activitiesĪ picture book featuring all kinds of families and differing aspects of their lives together from houses and holidays, to schools and pets, to feelings and family trees. Publisher: New Society Publishers, 2001. 
Focusing on 20 key skills, it includes over 200 fun games and activities that teach social, “connecting” behaviors. Helps children explore and celebrate differences, building acceptance and an inclusive culture that prevents and reduces prejudice and discrimination. WoodruffĬonnecting Kids: Exploring Diversity Together Using this story as a vivid metaphor for the difficult issues inherent in diversity, the book goes on to demonstrate how managing diversity can be seen as a set of skills that anyone can learn and use.
Author: Enid Lee, Deborah Menkart, Okazawa Reyīuilding a House for Diversity: How a Fable about a Giraffe and an Elephant Offers New Strategies for Today’s Workforceīegins with a short fable about how a friendship between the two animals is threatened when the house built for a tall, skinny giraffe cannot accommodate his invited guest, a broad, bulky elephant. Overweight Bobby Goodspeed evolves from nerd to hero when he starts speaking his mind.Īnnotated list from Advocates for Human Rightsīeyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff DevelopmentĪward-winning interdisciplinary guide for teachers, administrators, students, and parents offers lessons and readings that show how to: analyze the roots of racism, investigate the impact of racism on ourselves, our families, and our communities, examine the relationship between racism and other forms of oppression such as sexism, classism, and heterosexism, and work to dismantle racism in our schools, communities, and society. Hilarious and poignant novel that focuses on the quietest of a bunch of friends who’ve been the target of cruel name-calling for years.
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