Multiculturalism

Scholar's Choice (use of multicultural dolls in traditional dress were questioned by ABQ participants) There are other multicultural products offered by Scholar's Choice:

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Lori Sops suggested an activity called"What's Up in the World" to take multicultural studies beyond cooking, culure, and ??? (what's that 3rd C??):

//I agree with Dorothy, I move beyond the three C's with literature mainly. One easy way to do it is with Cinderella - many cultures have picture books on their Cinderella stories, so kids can really see the difference.

Also novel studies. With intermediate children we read books that cover different cultures perspectives on issues.

I also do an activity called "What's Up in the World" where I have put the names of all the countries in the world into a jar. Every day I pull a students name and they have to select the name of a country, and then together we plot it on a map up in my classroom. Then I have that student prepare a short "presentation" on their country for the next day and that's how we start class (I ask things like : "What is the population" "Name 3 interesting facts about this country" " How many people are literate" etc). Just gives the kids a better knowledge of the world around them!//