All Shapes All Sizes A Diversity Project

All Shapes All SizesAll Shapes All SizesA Diversity ProjectA Diversity Project

All Shapes All SizesAll Shapes All SizesA Diversity ProjectA Diversity Project

By Shawn StyrculaBy Shawn StyrculaEighth gradeEighth grade

Diversity ActivitiesDiversity Activities

Table of Contents• General diversity• Teachers

resources• Race and

Ethnicity• Religion • Age

• Class• Exceptionalities• Disabilities• Gender• Language• Sexual

Orientation

General • http://www.divers

ity-online.org/• This site has

general news articles about racism

• http://www.newton.mec.edu/Brown/TE/DIVERSITY/diversity_home.html– This is a website by

a middle school about diversity.

General• http://

www.kde.state.ky.us/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Equity/Resources+for+Schools/Diversity+Clubs.htm

• http://www.enc.org/topics/equity/stories/stories/– Has stories about

diversity

Diversity Activities

• http://www.diversitycouncil.org/midActivities.shtml

• Kids could join/ form a diversity club

• http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/ Multicultural_Education/MUL0201.html> – This site has many

activities for the kids

General Activities• Kids could have a

diversity day• Kids could fix up

a park • Kids could have

an international food day

Teacher Resources• http://

www.diversityuintl.com/– Has lessons for

diversity you could try

• http://www.teachingaboutreligion.org/– Has lessons for

teaching religion in schools

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• http://www.teachingaboutreligion.com/– Another site that

has lessons and teacher resources

• http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/about/news/news41799.html

• http://www.tolerance.org/teach/expand/mag/grant.jsp

Teacher resources• http://

www.adl.org/adl.asp

• http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/Homework/Teacher/Resource/Educator_Resources/School_Administrators/Multiculturalism_Diversity_48179.html

Race and EthnicityWebsites and Activities• http://

www.afro.com/children/children.html

• www.multiculturalcenter.org/ANEMulti_SERD/

• www.jbhe.com/latest/38_study_on_diversity.html

• www.bop.gov/orepg/oreprcamp_jq2.pdf

• polisci.wisc.edu/~coleman/apd/howard.pdf

Race and Ethnic Diversity Activities

• Kids can have an international food day

• Kids can get a pen pal from another country

• Kids could do a report on another country

• Kids could learn a dance from another country

• Kids could watch a foreign film

Religion• www.awesomelibrar

y.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/ Multicultural/Religious_Diversity.html

• www.rippleeffects.com/resist/teens/ religious_diversity/scenario.html

• www.religioustolerance.org/rel_plur.htm

• www.washtimes.com/books/20030323-28590312.htm

• www.ugapress.uga.edu/books/shelf/0820319171.html

Religion Activities• Kids could visit a church of a

different culture– Kids could do a report– write a pen pal– help a mission trip

Age• www.agepositive.

gov.uk

• www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/tour/noaudio/tsld036.htm

• www.eeoc.gov/facts/age.html

• www.successunlimited.co.uk/related/agediscr.htm

• http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/CampaignsNews/Age+Discrimination/_default.htm

Age Activities• Kids could

– Visit a senior citizens home– deliver groceries– volunteer to help with house work– conduct an interview with a senior

citizen

Class• http://

216.167.118.60/partnersagainsthate.org/strategies/educators/ antibias.html– This is a activity

dealing with a migrant working family

• www.hrw.org/reports/2001/israel2/ISRAEL0901-06.htm

• www.sociology.org.uk/tece1tz1.htm

• projects.is.asu.edu/pipermail/ hpn/2001-March/003197.html

Class Activities• Kids could

– Volunteer at a homeless shelter– Go on a mission trip– Volunteer for meals on wheels– Help build a house for homes for

humanity

Exceptionalities• www.mhhe.com/

socscience/education/diverse.mhtml

• www.bishops.ntc.nf.ca/special/except.html

• www.geocities.com/djcmathompson/

• www.cedarville.edu/dept/ed/classes/edsp202/ examples/literature_review_genesi.htm

Disabilities• www.cedarville.e

du/dept/ed/classes/edsp202/ examples/literature_review_genesi.htm

• www.ladelta.cc.la.us/contact/faculty_downloads/ psyc201210syllabus.pdf

• www.jccc.net/acad/outlines/EDUC220.pdf

• www.soe.ku.edu/administration/jobs/SPED_Chair.html

Disabilities• www.ed.gov/

offices/OCR/disability.html

• www.provost.uiuc.edu/campusconduct/disability.html

• Activities– help make a

building handicap accessible

– volunteer at a physical therapist office

– Do a report on the different disabilities

– make a new friend

Gender• http://

www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/HRD/pge.asp– Website about

helping women become more interested in the science fields

• http://www.madre.org/index.html– Women/human

rights group

•http://genderstats.worldbank.org/

-This site has facts and figures

Language• http://

www.courts.state.ri.us/pdf/Race%20and%20Class%20in%20the%20Criminal%20Justice%20System%20.pdf– Article on language

bias in the court system

• www.advogato.org/article/550.html

• www.tchrd.org/pubs/racial/employment/01_language.shtml

• www.aclunc.org/language/lang-report.html

Language• www.lsadc.org/

Comrie.html• Some Activities

Would Be:– Have the students

learn a new language

– Play a game in another language

– Visit an ethnic store

Sexual Orientation• http://

www.pps.k12.or.us/district/depts/edmedia/divms.pdf– list of books about

sexual diversity

• www.stfx.ca/people/asdax/

• www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Info-Office/ news/archive/weeks.htm

• www.fedcan.ca/english/policyandadvocacy/ win/bibliography.pdf

Sexual Orientation• infotree.library.oh

iou.edu/single-records/575.html

• spirit.owu.edu/sexuality.html

Sexual Orientation activities

• Kids can read a book

• Kids can do a report