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Cultural Advocacy Activity. Katie Dorsey SCHC 7992. Rationale.
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Cultural Advocacy Activity Katie Dorsey SCHC 7992
Rationale • Based on several interviews, teachers expressed their concern for a lack of respect and acceptance among their students. Several accounts of bullying were reported and teachers felt like a lesson centered around tolerance and learning to value peers would be beneficial and successful.
Standards & Objectives • PS:A2.3: Recognize, accept, respect and appreciate individual differences. • PS: A2.4: Recognize, accept and appreciate ethic and cultural diversity. • ASCA STANDARDS • IIA (1) Advocate for school policies, programs and services that are equitable and responsive to cultural differences among students. • IIA (5) Use student outcomes data to facilitate student academic success. BOARD OF REGENTS STANDARDS
Guidance Activity • Name: “A Rainbow of Hands” • Developmental Level: 4th & 5th Grade • Purpose: Generate a discussion about diversity and tolerance. Identify positive attributes that every child possesses. • Lesson was taught to three 4th grade classes & two 5th grade classes
Activity • Introduction: “A Rainbow of Friends” by P.K. Hallinan. This book introduces differences among friends and how we can learn to not only accept those differences, but to value them in our friends. • Activity: Students receive a piece of construction paper and trace/cut out their hands. On each hand, students will write two attributes about themselves that they are proud of or that make them unique. • Once the class has cut out all of their hands, students will work together to create a class “rainbow” which will be displayed outside their classroom. This rainbow represents the diverse attributes of the class and symbolizes acceptance among classmates.
Data & Results • A pre-test was given to each class prior to the lesson. The pre and post test included 10 questions that centered around acceptance of multicultural differences. • This graph represents each class average from pre and post test scores. • Every class improved their score significantly from their pre-test results.
Reflection • Students really enjoyed the book and rainbow activity • Students expressed excitement when they saw their completed rainbow outside of their classroom • My data results indicated that students did learn something meaningful • In the future I would like to spend more time on individual student’s attributes, skills, likes, abilities, and interests to demonstrate an even wider scope of acceptance