All Shapes All Sizes A Diversity Project By

All Shapes All Sizes A Diversity Project By Shawn Styrcula Eighth grade Diversity Activities

Table of Contents • General diversity • Teachers resources • Race and Ethnicity • Religion • Age • • • Class Exceptionalities Disabilities Gender Language Sexual Orientation

General • http: //www. diversi ty-online. org/ • This site has general news articles about racism • http: //www. newton. mec. edu/Brown/TE /DIVERSITY/diver sity_home. html – This is a website by a middle school about diversity.

General • http: //www. kde. sta • http: //www. enc. org te. ky. us/KDE/Instr /topics/equity/sto uctional+Resources ries/stories/ /Equity/Resources – Has stories about diversity +for+Schools/Diver sity+Clubs. htm

Diversity Activities • http: //www. diversi tycouncil. org/mid. A ctivities. shtml • Kids could join/ form a diversity club • http: //www. askeric. org/cgibin/printlessons. cgi /Virtual/Lessons/S ocial_Studies/ Multicultural_Educ ation/MUL 0201. ht ml> – 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. diversi tyuintl. com/ – Has lessons for diversity you could try • • http: //www. teachin gaboutreligion. org/ – Has lessons for teaching religion in schools

• http: //www. teachin • http: //www. crede. u gaboutreligion. com/ csc. edu/about/new s/news 41799. html – Another site that has lessons and teacher resources • http: //www. toleran ce. org/teach/expa nd/mag/grant. jsp

Teacher resources • http: //www. adl. org /adl. asp • http: //www. bigchal k. com/cgibin/Web. Objects/ WOPortal. woa/Ho mework/Teacher/R esource/Educator_ Resources/School_ Administrators/Mu lticulturalism_Dive rsity_48179. html

Race and Ethnicity Websites and Activities • http: //www. afro. co m/children/childre n. html • www. multiculturalc enter. org/ANEMul ti_SERD/ • www. jbhe. com/late st/38_study_on_di versity. html • www. bop. gov/orepg /oreprcamp_jq 2. pd f • polisci. wisc. edu/~c oleman/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/S ocial_Studies/ Multicultural/Religi ous_Diversity. html • www. rippleeffects. com/resist/teens/ religious_diversity /scenario. html • www. religioustolera nce. org/rel_plur. ht m • www. washtimes. co m/books/2003032 3 -28590312. htm • www. ugapress. uga. e du/books/shelf/08 20319171. 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. go • www. eeoc. gov/fact v. uk s/age. html • www. ces. ncsu. edu/ • www. successunlimit depts/fcs/tour/no ed. co. uk/related/a audio/tsld 036. htm gediscr. htm • http: //www. helpth eaged. org. uk/Camp aigns. News/Age+Di scrimination/_defa ult. 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. • www. hrw. org/repor 60/partnersagainst ts/2001/israel 2/I hate. org/strategie SRAEL 0901 s/educators/ 06. htm antibias. html • www. sociology. org. u – This is a activity k/tece 1 tz 1. htm dealing with a migrant working family • projects. is. asu. edu/ pipermail/ hpn/2001 March/003197. htm l

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/soc science/education/ diverse. mhtml • www. cedarville. edu /dept/ed/classes/ edsp 202/ examples/literatur • www. bishops. ntc. nf. e_review_genesi. ht ca/special/except. m html • www. geocities. com/ djcmathompson/

Disabilities • www. cedarville. edu /dept/ed/classes/ edsp 202/ examples/literatur e_review_genesi. ht m • www. ladelta. cc. la. us /contact/faculty_d ownloads/ psyc 201210 syllabus. pdf • www. jccc. net/acad /outlines/EDUC 220. pdf • www. soe. ku. edu/ad ministration/jobs/ SPED_Chair. html

Disabilities • www. ed. gov/offices • Activities /OCR/disability. ht – help make a building handicap accessible ml • www. provost. uiuc. e du/campusconduct/ disability. html – volunteer at a physical therapist office – Do a report on the different disabilities – make a new friend

Gender • http: //www. ehr. nsf. • http: //www. madre. gov/EHR/HRD/pge. org/index. html asp – Women/human – Website about helping women become more interested in the science fields rights group • http: //genderstats. worldb ank. org/ -This site has facts and figures

Language • http: //www. courts. • www. advogato. org/ state. ri. us/pdf/Rac article/550. html e%20 and%20 Class • www. tchrd. org/pub %20 in%20 the%20 C s/racial/employmen riminal%20 Justice t/01_language. sht %20 System%20. pd ml f • www. aclunc. org/lan – Article on language/langbias in the court report. html system

Language • www. lsadc. org/Com rie. 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. k 12. • www. stfx. ca/people or. us/district/dept /asdax/ s/edmedia/divms. p • www. bris. ac. uk/Dep df ts/Info-Office/ – list of books about news/archive/week sexual diversity s. htm • www. fedcan. ca/eng lish/policyandadvoc acy/ win/bibliography. pd f

Sexual Orientation • infotree. library. ohi ou. edu/singlerecords/575. html • spirit. owu. edu/sexu ality. html

Sexual Orientation activities • Kids can read a book • Kids can do a report