Week 10 Assignment – Designing a Diversity Unit

Overview

You have been hired as the new Division Diversity and Inclusion Officer. One of your top priorities is ensuring that all curricula include measures to incorporate multicultural education in all core subject areas. This assignment is significant because as student populations become more diverse, all learners should be able to see their cultures represented in instructional material. Students will be able to make text-to-self connections and will use this knowledge in all aspects of their lives.

Preparation

Databases

For this assignment, you will be focusing on multicultural approaches and techniques you can incorporate into the classroom. You may use the following databases in the Strayer Library to help you locate the resources needed for this assignment:

Additional resources may be located on the Databases for EDU page in the Strayer Library.

PowerPoint

In addition, you will be using PowerPoint for your presentation. Refer to Microsoft’s PowerPoint TrainingLinks to an external site. page if you need help with this.

Instructions

Create a 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation in which you design a unit that is appropriate for a specific grade level or subject you currently teach or will teach. As part of the unit, you will:

Incorporate one of the four multicultural approaches (Contributions, Additive, Transformation, or Social).
- Highlight three main characteristics of the selected approach with a brief explanation of each characteristic.
Include two strategies that can be used to reduce or eliminate the color-blind perspective in your unit.
- Support the strategies.
Incorporate a minimum of five resources in your unit.
- Include a list of at least five specific resources that will be utilized to integrate the strategies.
- At least one of the resources must be a form of an adaptative technology resource for students who need this level of support.
Recommend at least three strategies that teachers can implement multicultural techniques in their classroom.
- Include support for implementing these strategies.
Create speaker notes for each slide of the presentation that demonstrates an understanding of the intended audience and a familiarity with the material.
- Make sure the presentation is appropriate to the grade level of the intended audience.
- Notes should be well-organized.
- Information presented should include enough detail to be easily followed.
Use three sources, other than your textbook, to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Create a multicultural education unit with resources, strategies, and evaluation criteria for integration into a curriculum.

Solution – Designing a Diversity Unit

Slide 1:

Paper Title, personal details and course details including the professor.

Slide 2:

Importance of Multicultural Education
 Supports diversity in learning environments
 Promotes inclusivity and respect for all cultures
 Encourages cultural awareness and sensitivity
 Helps students make personal connections to material (Arsal, 2).
 Prepares students for global citizenship

Slide 3