What did I learn from the diversity lesson? (Extra Credit Post!)

After spending a lot of time reflecting on the multicultural lesson plans that we worked on and presented in class, I have a lot of amazing things that I learned from it. There are so many that I need to list them!

1. Integrating an all encompassing "multicultural" lesson is even more important than learning about separate cultures in specific projects
2. Multicultural lesson plans are also ways to reach topics of unity, hope and awareness. Bullying and other social issues in schools and life can be tackled.
3. Many things other than heritage, race and background an be multicultural. Things like religion, sexuality, and language, social issues and economic status can be incorporated as well.
4. Collaboration was a huge concept in this project for many teachers in our class. I really like the idea of unity and working together that can be emphasized with a concept like this!


We had a wonderful time in class, and really learned a lot from each other not only about multicultural lesson planning but also about teaching techniques, ways to use the smart board, and how to engage the class in different ways with different age groups. It was a very productive and fun project to work on!