Multicultural Teaching A Handbook of Activities, Information, and Resources

Multicultural Teaching, Sixth Edition , provides activities and information designed to enable the teacher to explore the many kinds of diversity in the classroom. The authors guide readers to examine their own diversity first in order to better understand how diversity affects everyone. This text presents model lesson plans, fully developed thematic units, and a variety of instructional strategies, as well as a wealth of resources that support multicultural teaching. It examines difficult issues and problems within multicultural education to encourage reflections and discussion. It explains the basic content of multicultural education and also describes methods for carrying out the best education for all students. It deals with such important topics as language diversity, appropriate terminology, prejudice and stereotyped thinking, and emphasizes the development of esteem, empathy, and equity in the classroom.Tiedt, Pamela L. is the author of 'Multicultural Teaching A Handbook of Activities, Information, and Resources', published 2001 under ISBN 9780205346639 and ISBN 0205346634.