Poetics of Diversity
 Diversity technology
project
 Education 301/ 02
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Melissa Pinson
Troy Powell
Andrea sturgeon
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Table of Contents
 Slide 1- Introduction slide
 Slide 2 – Table of Contents
 Slide 3 – Breakdown of the
lesson
 Slide 4/5 – General
Diversity Support
(Educator/Staff Directed)
 Slide 7/8 – Using Poetry
with Gifted Students
(General Educator
Directed)
 Slide 9 – Poetry Therapy
for Students with
Disabilities(General
Educator Directed)
 Slide 6 – Poetry
 Slide 10/11 – Poetic
Resources Page
Benefits for Students with
(Educator Directed)
Exceptionalities and
Disabilities (General
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Table of Contents
 Slides 12-20: Diversity
Lesson: Age
 Slides 21-28: Diversity
Lesson: Race
 Slides 29-36: Diversity
Lesson: Class
 Slides 37-44: Diversity
Lesson: Language
 Slides 45-51: Diversity
Lesson: Belief
Systems/Religion
 Slides 52-58: Diversity
Lesson: Gender
 Slides 59-65: Diversity
Lesson: Sexual
Orientation
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Breakdown of the Lesson
 Poetics of Diversity
 Grade: Intended for grades 9-12, but can be
tailored. Grade level is dependent on poetry
selected
 Unit/Lesson: Poetry Appreciation
 Authors: Pinson, Powell, Sturgeon
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General Diversity Support
Teaching the children of a new America:the
challenge of diversity
•
http://wilsontxt.hwwilson.com/pdffull/01226/M42ZZ
/XFR.pdf
Rewards of teaching diversity
•
http://wilsontxt.hwwilson.Com/pdffull/05893/le5ax/
VSI.pdf
Technology and multiculturalism
•
http://wilsontxt.hwwilson.com/pdffull/05893/LW7YJ
/2S5.pdf
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General Diversity Support,
Cont…
Havighurst's developmental tasks, young
adolescents,and diversity
• http://wilsontxt.hwwilson.com/pdffull/03859/
2XH48/VSI.pdf
Literature as lessons on the diversity of
culture
• http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests
/d42.html
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Poetry Resource Pages
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Writes of passage: www.writes.org
Scriveners: http://pages.prodigy.com/sdmama
America’s best loved poems: www.favoritepoem.org
Teen ink: www.teenpaper.com
Aha! Poetry(Asian poetics)www.ahapoetry.com
Poet’s corner: directed towards diversity
www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/index.html
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Using Poetry With Gifted
Students
 Process methodology for gifted students
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http://www.nexus.edu.au/teachstud/gat/hatzi_gi.h
tm
 Poetry techniques to challenge gifted
students
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http://www.chalkface.com/pdfs/samplePTTC.pdf
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Gifted Students, Cont..
 Creative strategies for teaching language arts
to gifted students
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http://erice.org/digests/e612.html
 A focus on values
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http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/educ
ation/lessonPlan066.shtml
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Poetry Therapy
for Students With Disabilities
 Writing therapy in the classroom: A
case study
http://bll.epnet.com/citation.asp?
 Poetry writing in the classroom:
prevention and intervention
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http://bll.epnet.com/citation.asp?
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Poetic Benefits For Students With
Exceptionalities and Disabilities
 Multicultural literature: reading to
develop self-worth
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http://wilsontxt.hwwilson.com/pdffull/058
93/LW7YJ/2F5.pdf
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Diversity Lesson: Age
Investigation of Ageism
In America
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Internet Discovery Activity
 Students will conduct
an internet search
(google, yahoo, etc.)
on the key word
ageism.
 Students will visit at
least 5 websites and
record key information
from each
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Group Discussion
 Students will report
information from
internet discovery to
class in a group
discussion format
 Instructor will record
key points of student
discoveries on board
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Journal Response
 Students should focus
entry on how their
discoveries made them
feel, what they think
could be done to stop
ageism, and if they
know anyone that has
been a victim of
ageism.
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Brain Storming
 Students will generate
2 lists:
 1.) Detail their current
likes/dislikes, favorite
activities, etc.
 2.) Predict what their
likes/dislikes will be
fifty years in the future.
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Brain Storming Example
 I like: Rap music,
action movies, playing
football
 I don’t like: Romance
movies, living at home,
 I think I will like: Jazz
music, watching
football, mystery
movies, watching the
news
 I won’t like: Loud
teenagers, rap music
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Poetry Writing
 Using the two lists as a
writing prompt,
students will compose
a poem from the
perspective of their
future selves looking
back on themselves as
teens.
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Useful Websites: Ageism
 What is Ageism?
 http://www.healthandage.c
om/Home/gid2=1639
 Aging & Ageism
 http://www.pscw.uva.nl/soc
iosite/TOPICS/aging.html
 Ageism Resources
 http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ram
seyil/ageism.htm
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More Useful Websites
 Ageism
 http://www.aoa.gov/NAIC/Notes/ageism.htm
 NWSA Aging & Ageism Caucus
 http://www.nwsa.org/aging.htm
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Diversity Lesson: Race
Examination of Race in a Poem by
Langston Hughes
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Poetry Reading
 “I, Too,” by
Langston Hughes
 The instructor will
read poem aloud to
class
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Small Group Discussion
 Students will get into
groups of three or four
and discuss
implications of poem,
if they are valid , and
how they would
respond to Hughes
given the chance.
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Class Discussion
 Small groups will
choose one speaker to
present views
discussed in their
group
 Instructor will record
points of discussion on
board
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Journal Response
 Students’ responses
will focus on their
interpretation of what
Hughes is saying to
them as individuals
 How does this make
them feel? Do they
agree or disagree with
Hughes?
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Poetry Writing
 Students will compose a
poem in response to “I,
Too” by Langston Hughes
 Students poetry must
directly address the issues
raised by Hughes as
identified in class
discussion & journal
entries
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Useful Websites: Race
 World Conference on
Racism
 http://www.un.org/WCAR
 Race, Racism,, & the Law
 http://academic.udayton.ed
u/race/
 Multiculturalism &
Diversity- The New
Racism
 http://multiculturalism.aynr
and.org/
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More Useful Websites
 Sociosite: Ethnicity,
Migration & Racism
 http://www.pscwuva.nl
/sociosite/TOPICS/Eth
nic.html
 ACLU: Racial Equality
 http://www.aclu.org/pr
ofiling/
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Diversity Lesson: Class
A Closer Look at the Issue of Class in
a Poem by Langston Hughes
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Poetry Reading
 “Ballad of the
Landlord,” by
Langston Hughes
 Instructor will read
poem aloud to class
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Brainstorming
 Students will pair off
and generate plausible
dialogue that would
take place between a
landlord and renter as
found in the poem
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Role Playing
 Students will act out
brief scene using the
dialogue they created
between the narrator of
the poem and the
landlord
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Journal Response
 Students’ responses should
focus on what they would
do if they were in the
narrator’s position, what
role the class of the people
involved played, and why
the narrator may have
reacted the way he did in
the poem
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Poetry Writing
 Students will compose a
poem concerning a time
when they have been aware
of their own class status
and how it made them feel
or how a situation may
have turned out differently
if they were part of another
class
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Useful Websites: Class
 You Want Class Warfare?
 http://www.tompaine.com/
op_ads/opad.cfm/ID/7085
 Class Warfare: Fact &
Fiction
 http://www.tcf.org/Publicat
ions/Issue_Briefs/ClassWar
fare/intro.pdf
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More Useful Websites
 Class Warfare
 http://wwwcsli.stanford.edu/~nunberg/
class.html
 Class Warfare
 http://www.thbookservice.c
om/BookPage.asp?prod_cd
=c6112
 Now Is the Time
 http://www.observer.co.uk/
comment/story/0,6903,605
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Diversity Lesson: Language
International Poetry as an Introduction
to Foreign Culture
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Internet Discovery
 Students will engage in
an internet search for
poetry written in a
language other than
English
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Poetry Translation
 Students will use the
internet to obtain an
English translation of
the poem
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Poetry Reading
 Students will read in
class the poem in its
language of origin and
then share the
translation
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Journal Response
 Students’ entries
should focus on how
the point of view
presented in the poem
may be similar to or
different than their own
in regards to the topic
of the poem
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Poetry Writing
 Students will write a
poem about the country
of origin for the poem
they found.
 Poem should focus on
what they learned
about the culture and
people
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Useful Websites: Language
 Apples & Oranges
Poetry Magazine
• http://www.aopoetry.co
m/
• International Poetry
• http://www.geocities.co
m/johbeil/transl_index.
html
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More Useful Websites
 International Poetry Forum
 http://www.thepoetryforum
.org/
 Poetry Repair Shop
 http://www.geocities.com/~
poetryrepairs
 The Poetry Challenge
 http://www.poetrychalleng
e.org/
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Diversity Lesson: Belief
Systems/Religions
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Useful Websites: Belief
Systems/Religion
 http://aril.org/World.html
 http://www.nwrcl.org/
 http://www.splcenter.org/te
achingtolerance/ttindex.html
 http://home.earthlink.net/%
7Edboals1/diversit.html
 http://www.mhhc.com/socs
cience/education/multi/acti
vites.html
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Activity
 Students will be asked
to bring in different
examples of
ethnic/religious
intolerance in current
events.
 Students will then
discuss their chosen
topics with the class.
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Activity
 Examples of different
cultural poetry will be
read in class to
students.
 Students will then be
asked to get into
groups and discuss the
poems.
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Activity
 Students will be asked
to choose one culture
or religion to research.
 Students will be
required to complete a
graphic organizer
based on their research.
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Activity
 After completing a
graphic organizer,
students will write a
poem about their
chosen culture or
religion.
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Activity
 Each student will be
required to creatively
publish their poem to
be put on display in the
classroom, hall, etc.
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Diversity Lesson: Gender
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Useful Websites: Gender
 http://www.edc.org/Women
sEquity/about/define.htm
 http://www.ed.gov/offices/
ODS/g-equity.html
 http://www.unicef.org/voy/
meeting/gir/girhome.html
 http://www.washingtonpost
.com/wpsrv/national/longterm/gend
er/gender26a.htm
 http://www.sasked.gov.sk.c
a/docs/wellness/gender.htm
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Activity
 Students will be asked
to discuss different
aspects and stereotypes
related to gender.
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Activity
 Students will divide
into groups and
brainstorm about how
their own gender has
affected their lives.
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Activity
 After reflecting back
on their own gender,
students will fill out a
prewriting sheet in
preparation of writing a
poem.
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Activity
 Students will write a
poem about what their
gender means to them.
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Activity
 Students will be
required to publish
their poem.
 The poems will then be
displayed in the
classroom.
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Diversity Lesson: Sexual
Orientation
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Useful Websites: Sexual
Orientation
 http://www.glsen.org/
 http://psychology.ucdavis.e
du/rainbow/index.html
 http://www.inform.umd.ed
u/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/S
pecific/SexualOrientation/index.html
 http://www.swarthmore.ed
u/Library/ghuber1index/sh
ortstory.index.html
 http://www.intac.com/%7E
sdeck/habib/index3.html
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Activity
 The class will have a
discussion about sexual
orientation issues and
the sensitivity towards
the subject.
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Activity
 Students will divide
into groups and discuss
how tolerance towards
sexual orientation can
be heightened.
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Activity
 Students will be read
poetry by authors of
different sexual
orientations.
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Activity
 After reading the
chosen poetry, students
will be required to
write a reflection.
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Activity
 Students will be asked
to write a plan as to
how schools can
promote sexual
orientation awareness.
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