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Diversity Awareness Office

Building Bridges ~ Creating Community

These tools are provided to help assist those who want to teach
diversity related material in and out of the classroom.

Elementary School:
Kintergarten through 6th Grade


Understanding Prejudice

This website offers some great tools for elementary educators:
+ Tips for Elementary Teachers
+ Elementary Classroom Activites
+ Elementary Assignments
+ Teaching Native American Studies

Diversity Council
This website has some great activites for children K - 6!
+ Elementary Diversity Activites

Good Character
This website offers a whole lesson plan on how to teach students about Prejudice and Respect. As well as a whole page of lesson plans on a variety of topics. (All features a special series of characters)
+ Prejudice and Respect
+ Lesson Plans

Teaching Tolerance
Lesson plan on gender roles for PreK - 6:
+ Gender Roles

Six Tips for Teaching Diversity
This website has six helpful tips on how to effectively teach diversity:
+ Six Tips

Middle School:
7th through 8th Grade


Teaching Tolerance

This website provides educators with a plethora of tools to teach all sorts of lessons on diversity, even with a site just for kids:
+ Classroom Activites
+ Mix it Up @ Lunch!

+ For Kids

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Do not let the name fool you, this website has a great place for diversity related material (with a twist on math)!
+ Culturally Relevant Teaching

B-NET
This is a great article that explores the way teaching good material in a diverse classroom can benefit children - a must-read for all teachers in Middle School.
+ Teaching BIG Ideas in Diverse Middle School Class Rooms

High School:
9th through 12th Grade

Teaching Tolerance
The Power of Words cirriculum for grades 9th - 12th (there is even a website just for teens!):
+ The Power of Words
+ For Teens

Diversity Council
This website has some tons of activites for high school students!
+ High School Diversity Activites

Vanderbilt Center for Teaching
This webpage has a fantastic list of teaching everything from gender issues to diversity to sexuality. It has great links to even more resources.
+ Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

New Horizons for Teaching
This site has some amazing articles for teachers to read up on about diversity in and out of the classroom.
+ Multicultural Education

National Association for Multicultural Education
This website has an incredible list of resources for teachers to utilize. A great place to expand your knowledge!
+ Resource Center


University
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College Level Information

Understanding Prejudice
This website offers some great tools for college professors and educators:
+ Tips for College Instructors
+ Sample Syllabi
+ College Classroom Activites
+ College Assignments

If Men Could...
This article is written by feminist Gloria Steinem, and features a perspective of mestruation if men experienced it. An interesting read and good discussion starter.
+ If Men Could Menstruate

Distributing Prejudice Unequally...
In this article, authors Cherly R. Kaiser and Jennifer S. Pratt-Hyatt explore how people direct their prejudice (PDF).
+Distributing Prejudice Unequally: Do Whites Direct Their Prejudice Toward Strongly Identified Minorities?

 

Other Resources
More places with more information

Great Books for Teaching and Learning About Diversity:

+ 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Diversity by William M. Timpson, Raymond Yang, Evelinn Borrayo, and Silvia Sara Canetto
+ Teaching About Culture, Ethnicity, and Diversity: Exercises and Planned Activites by T.M. Singelis
+ A Class Divided, Then and Now, Expanded Edition by William Peters and Jane Elliott