You are a second-grade teacher at Happy Valley Elementary School. You are teaching language arts and social studies. Your classroom of 21 students consists of 7 white students, 5 Latino students, 4 African American students, 3 Native American students, and 2 Asian students. Four of your students are identified as special needs, with one in a wheelchair. A few of your students come from the poorest neighborhood in Happy Valley.

Question

Describe types of activities you would incorporate into your classroom that would support a multicultural education for all groups in this class. How could each group make a contribution to the learning of others?

Answer 1

You should be able to find a lot of multicultural activities in these sites.

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS338&q=multicultural+activities&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Of course, choosing reading materials carefully and really listening to your students also is very important.

Answer 2

am really don't know