Essential Question: How can we foster a climate of acceptance and intercultural understanding?

Essential Question: How can we foster a climate of

acceptance and intercultural understanding?

Who are the members of your authorship team?

Mark Davis - Reading Specialist in RIMyriam Darmoni - Civics and Shared Society Teachers Trainer in IsraelAlyson Leitch -PhD student in Writing & Rhetoric at URI

What is your purpose? • Fostering genuine intercultural curiosity among

homogeneous populations of students from the US and abroad

• Engage students with cool digital tools that nurture mutual understanding

• Benchmarking our stereotypes:o what are stereotypes?o why are stereotypes reinforced?o how stereotypes lead to discrimination?

• How can we become an inclusive community that celebrates diversity?

Outline of the learning unit

• Let's Explore Our Stereotypes• Learn about African Americans with Kiri DavisAnd learn about Muslim high schools students in Canada, Dr Diane Watt, University of Ottawa

• Let's Celebrate DIVERSITY