Diversity Project
Erin Lemaster
Nick Books
Kevin Keen
Jeff Greulich
Table Of Contents
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General
Resources
Age
Beliefs
Class
Exceptionalities
Disabilities
Gender
Language
Race
Sexual Orientation
Diversity
 Grade – 9th
 The various types of
diversity
General Diversity
Websites
 -Programs for Educationl Oppurtunity
http://www.umich.edu/~eqtynet/ to help school
districts make sure that all students have the
oppurtunity to succeed.
 -Center for Education Reform
http://edreform.com/ information on the
education reform movement, and attempts to
help all children learn.
General Websites Cont.
 -Cultural Diversity at Rainbow Boulevard
http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/culture.html resources to help
students, and teachers educating for affirmative action diversity
project.
 -Afffirmative Action and Diversity Page
http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/ presents opinions over the topic of
affirmative action
 -Workplace Diversity Network
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/wdn/AboutWDN.html diversity
activities
General Activities
 -Internet: take students to the computer lab
and have them explore diversity WebPages.
 -Group discussion: put students into groups
and have them discuss the current situation of
discrimination in the U.S.
 -Current Events: Have students search
magazines and newspapers for current events
on diversity in the U.S.
General Activities Cont.
 -Collage: have students get into groups and
make a collage that shows four different
diversity groups. Present the collage to the
class explaining each group they picked.
 -Group project: put students into group and
assign a diversity topic. Have students
research the topic and report on what they find
Recourses Websites
 -Promoting Recognition of Diversity
http://prod.netfirms.com/index.htm website
promoting diversity in educational
institutions.
 -Teaching Tolerance
http://splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/ttindex.html helps teachers foster respect
and understanding in the classroom.
Resources Websites Cont.
 -Diversity Training University International
http://www.diversityuintl.com/ tips on how to make a
living on diversity training.
 -Learn In Freedom
http://learninfreedom.org/ this site is about taking
responsibility for your own learning.
 -Teaching Tolerance
http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/ttindex.html website gives teachers tolerance related
activities for the classroom.
Resource Activities
 -Discussion: either put students into groups or
have a class discussion about how student's
lives would be different if they were born a
different race/ethnicity/gender.
 -Field Trip: take students to a homeless
shelter, so they can interact with people of
different age/race/gender/economic
background.
Resource Activities Cont.
 -Internet: put students in groups in the computer lab
and give have them look for websites about diversity
groups. The groups will then report on what they
found.
 -Group Project: divide class into groups and assign
different diversity groups. The students will find as
much information on their diversity group, and they will
present the information to the class.
 -play Bafa Bafa
Age Websites
 -types of age discrimination
http://website.lineone.net/~caade/dtypes.htm g
ives a list of different types of age
discrimination.
 -AARP
http://www.aarp.org/ official site of the
American Association of Retired Persons gives
information to people over fifty.
Age Websites Cont.
 -60 Plus Association
http://www.60plus.org/ National association providing
information for people over sixty.
 -Age Discrimination in the Workplace
http://clem.mscd.edu/~steinhas/ Website designed to
inform people age discrimination in the workplace and
how to prevent it.
 -Administration on Aging
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/ services and information for
older people
Age Activities
 -Field Trip: take the students on a field trip to a
retirement home, so they can interact with
elderly people.
 -Case Study: give students two case studies
on age discrimination and have them get into
groups and discuss the case studies.
 -Internet: take students to the computer lab
and have them serach the web to find five
websites for elderly people.
Age Activities Cont.
 -Internet: take students to computer lab
and search the web for court cases about
age discrimination.
 -Essay: have students write an essay
about a time when they felt they were
discriminated against because of their
age
Belief Systems/Religion
Websites
Amish
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/
nrms/amish.html
Native American Spirituality
http://www.religioustolerance.org/nataspir
.htm
Beliefs/Religions Websites
Cont.
Religion-Online" http://religion-online.org/
The Baha'i World http://www.bahai.org/
The Hindu
Universe" http://www.hindunet.org/
Belief/Religion Activies
 1. One page response - What happened at Waco,
Texas (Branch Davidians)?
Who/what/when/where/why?
 2.Journal Entry- write a journal entry about your
religion, a friend's
religion, and/or religion in general.
 3.Find a non-western religion on the internet that
fascinates you and write
a one page summary of that religion.
Belief/Religion Activities
Cont.
 4.Research and write a two page paper
on Muslims and the Arab world.
 5. Write a one page report on American
society views on religion.
Class Websites
 Class http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/SocialClas
s/
 -'The Cyber
Herald' http://www2.ari.net/home/poverty/news
.html
 -'The U.S. Census
Bureau' http://www.census.gov/
Class Websites Cont.
 'National Coalition for the
Homeless' http://www.nationalhomeless.
org/
 -'Internationalist Socialist Organization'
http://www.internationalsocialist.org/
Class Activities
 1. One page response on your view of welfare.
2. Read and respond to "The Communist
Manifesto" by Karl Marx.
3.Report on Federal and State government
welfare systems and laws.
4. In groups- discuss tyhe positive and
negative aspects of the social class
system in the U.S..
5. Find a newspaper article on a general topic
concerning a class issue.
Exceptionalities Websites
 'National Association for Gifted
Children' http://www.nagc.org/
- 'Helping Your Highly Gifted Child'
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/he
lp.gift.html
- 'The Arc' http://www.thearc.org/
- 'Special
Ed/Idea' http://www.protectionandadvocacy.co
m/idea2.htm
- 'ADDitude' http://www.additudemag.com
Exceptionalities Activities
 1. In class- watch What's Eating Gilbert Grape
and take a quiz over the
movie.
2 Research and respond with one page about
ADHD
3. Take notes about the rights of students with
disabilities.
4. Quiz over the laws that protect and give
equal rights to people with
disabilities.
5. Class Discussion- Topic: Special Education
and Inclusive classroom
Disabilities Websites
 Learning Disabilities
 LD OnLine is the leading Web Site on
learning disabilities.
 Children with Disabilities
 Children with Disabilities provide
hundreds of links and resources for
families covering a broad array of
physical and emotional disabilities.
Disabilities Websites Cont.
 ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
 ERIC gives a guide for the rights of people with disabilities and the
laws that apply to them.
 AAPD - American Association Of People With Disabilities
 AAPD is dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and
political empowerment for Americans with disabilities.
 Learning Disabilities Association of America
 LDAA gives links and other resources pertaining to learning
disabilities.
 Activities
Disabilities Activities
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Have students research a disability and do a
presentation on it.
Have students use a wheelchair for a period of time
in order for them to see the world from a different
perspective.
Have a special education teacher come in and talk
about disabilities.
Give students a worksheet that represents what a
person with disabilities might see and have them try
to fill it out. An example might be dyslexia.
Have students make books on tapes for disabled
students.
Gender Websites
 National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date
Rape
Resources for victims of marital and date rape
 Expect the Best from a Girl. That's what You'll
Get
Expectations and experiences of girls
 Managing Diversity (2)-Sex and Gender
The United Nations concludes that women are
facing global glass ceilings and that in no
society do women enjoy the same
opportunities as men.
Gender Websites Cont.
 4000 Years of Women in Science
Talks about women in science over the
past 4000 years
 Women O~s suffrage
Gives a brief summary of the lives and
work of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and
Susan B. Anthony. It also tells about their
meeting at Seneca Falls.
Gender Activities
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Have a speaker come and talk to the
students about women’s rights.
Have the students write a paper about the
role of women during World War II
Plan a field trip to the Air Force to see the
“Rosy the Riveter” section.
Have a speaker come and talk about sexual
harassment.
Have students research gender diversity on
the internet and write a short paper.
Language Websites
 American Sign Language: Links
Provides deaf cultural links, online
dictionaries, and a fingerspelling guide
 NABE
National Association for Bilingual
Education (NABE) is the only national
organization exclusively concerned with
the education of language-minority
students in American schools
Language Websites Cont.
 Chinese Language Information Page
This site is a comprehensive navigational tool pointing
you to Chinese language related resources.
 Hyperlexia and Language Disorders
Links and stories related to Hyperlexia and Language
Disorders
 Black English
History of Black English including recent legislation
debates in Oakland. Related links on other language
dialects and organizations that endorse Black English.
Language Activities
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Have students learn the alphabet in sign
language.
Have students go to a deaf culture event to
experience how hard it is to communicate
without words.
Have students do a version of BAFA/BAFA
Have students create their own language and
try to explain what words mean what to the
class without using English.
Have students do research on speech
problems and write a paper on it
Race/Ethnicity Websites
 Chinese Americans
http://www.ocanatl.org/
African Americans
http://www.aawc.com/paa.html
Latino Americans
http://www.freethechildren.org/cultures/html/ma
p/latinos/mexican-american.html
Race/Ethnicity Websites
Cont.
 Native Americans
http://www.freethechildren.org/cultures/ht
ml/map/nativi%20american/nativeamerican.html
 Asian Americans
http://www.freethechildren.org/cultures/ht
ml/map/asia/asia-american.html
Race/Ethnicity Activities
 Have children watch a movie on famous
African Americans
 Have the Students clip a newspaper article
about a different racial group
 Students will write a report on one famous
Asian American
 Students will write a journal as if they were a
Latino American, who is new in an all white
school
 Students will go to the Ohio Historical Society
and tell of all the different races they find.
Sexual Orientation
Websites
 Gays http://www.gay.com/intro.html
 Lesbians http://www.lesbian.com/
 Bi-sexual
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood
/7303/
Sexual Orientation
Websites Cont.
 Transsexual
http://indorgs.virginia.edu/uvapride/
 Aids
http://www.careusa.org/newsroom/specia
lreports/aids/index.asp?source=gaids
Sexual Orientation
Activities
 Students will read a book about a child who
has aids
 Students will watch a video on the hazing of
gay students
 Students will clip newspaper articles that they
can find on different sexual orientations
(articles must be positive)
 Students will watch a video on AIDS in Africa
 Students will keep a journal on how they feel
about each idea.
The End
 Diversity is a huge
issue in our schools
today. Each child
has the right to
understand
everything and
everyone around
them. Diversity must
be taught, and taught
well.