4 – Cultural & Instructional Differentiation
Potential Video Resources
Link or File
http://bcove.me/c9pibdyy
http://bcove.me/kd3yvjft
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/every-learner/6776
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPYLe-r55o8&list=UUhjsO5_4DPm88v4BriGRncA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttz4Fr-7Ztk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZJ0y2Rc1HY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttP1Vdtv8N8
Rationale
This webinar will provide a clear
understanding as to what
differentiation is and how it can be
applied in the classroom.
This webinar emphasizes lesson
structure and the importance of
feedback.
This article and video discusses
how to differentiate lessons with
the use of technology.
Dr. Dorothy Strickland discusses the
importance of learning the cultural and
linguistic backgrounds of each student.
This video discusses how to teach
with tolerance and minimize
stereotypes.
This video explores the importance
of verbal and nonverbal
communication as it relates to
cultural differentiation.
Jacqueline Jordan Irvine discusses
the importance of creating a
trusting atmosphere for discussing
race and suggests that teachers go
into their students' communities to
learn about their cultures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjiNMFpVOzA&index=33&list=UUhjsO5_4DPm88v4BriGRncA&spf
reload=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqaMgOS40Y&index=34&list=UUhjsO5_4DPm88v4BriGRncA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKNh_3KmM2Y&list=UUhjsO5_4DPm88v4BriGRncA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPl8OSCX_f8&list=PLC438194A2CC5F2D8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVRYSC8YyYA
https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=bsw39SCzLtE&list=UUhjsO5_4DPm88v4BriGRncA
Potential Article Resources
Robert Slavin observes that talking
openly and respectfully about racial
issues in schools is essential but not
everything that seems related to
race may be.
Robert Slavin encourages teachers
to examine their reactions to their
students, cautioning them to
identify biases that may impact
their assumptions about those
children.
Low expectations, disproportionate
representation in higher-level
programs and inequitable tracking
structures negatively affect
educational outcomes for students
of color, explains Christine Sleeter
of California State University.
Michelle speaks about the importance
of differentiated instruction via
scaffolding.
This video will help teachers with
differentiation of instruction to provide
an effective, engaging, learning
environment by creating a culture of
student success and meeting the
needs of all students
Teaching Tolerance’s Perspectives for
a Diverse America is a literacy-based
curriculum that marries anti-bias
content with the rigor of the Common
Core.
Link or File
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/005/120/Culturally%20Responsive%20Differie
ntiated%20Instruction.pdf
http://www.equityallianceatasu.org/sites/default/files/9.pdf
http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/support/704-cultural-differences-studentperformance.gs
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/apr99/vol56/num07/BridgingCultures-with-Classroom-Strategies.aspx
Rationale
This article makes the connection
between cultural responsive teaching
and differentiation in the classroom.
Presentation sharing knowledge on
culturally responsive teaching and
differentiation.
This article emphasizes how
cultural differences can affect
student achievement
Cultural competence with a focus
on collectivism versus
Individualism
Potential Websites
Link
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/weeklytips.phtml/230
http://www.indiana.edu/~equity/docs/Strategies_for_WOrking_with_Culturally_Diverse_Stu
dents__Renae_Azziz.pdf
http://www.ehow.com/info_8509711_adaptations-cultural-differences-classroom.html
https://www.teachervision.com/teaching-methods/resource/6039.html
Rationale
Tips on managing cultural in the
classroom.
Strategies for working with
culturally diverse students.
Provides strategies to adapt to the
cultural differences in the
classroom.
Provides strategies for teaching
culturally diverse students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsw39SCzLtE&list=UUhjsO5_4DPm88v4BriGRncA
Teaching Tolerance’s Perspectives
for a Diverse America is a literacybased curriculum that marries antibias content with the rigor of the
Common Core.
http://perspectives.tolerance.org