essential question: how can we foster a climate of acceptance and intercultural understanding?
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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
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