Teaching Standard English; seeing color

Christensen begins her article with a disheartening biography about her experience as a child with dialect and linguistic background.  Her ninth grade teacher wanted to demonstrate for the class the difference that pronunciation can have on someone's perception of another.  The teacher had a rich girl pronounce "lawyer" and then had Christensen, whose father owned a bar, say the same word, as a result the whole class started laughing at the way Christensen spoke.  Her article deals with the importance of respecting students backgrounds to help them overcome their fears.A powerful way to teach Standard English is to teach it as a tool by which students gain power themselves. 

Race and respect; Teaching for social justice

While reading this article teaching for Social Justice I found it very interesting. The students get an opportunity to learn about other student’s families and background, so they can understand each other. I also found it great that he corporate social justice in his class curriculum and I believe that other teachers should try and learn from that.

Ten quick ways; talking multiculture anti racist

It’s a point of view that cuts around all subjects’ areas and addresses the histories of people who have been left out of the curriculum. Its purpose is to help us deal equitably with all the cultural and racial differences that we find today. It’s also a perspective that allows as to get explanation for why things are the way they are in terms of equality issues. About equipping students parents and teachers with the tools need to combat racism and ethnic discrimination. And to find ways to create a society that includes all people equally. Its also has to do with how the school run in terms of who gets to be involved with decisions. It has to do with parents if their voices are heard or not.