If best practice suggests teaching to the whole child, how can we do this effectively without recognizing and affirming a child’s and family’s racial and ethnic identities? In this workshop, you will revisit your current All About Me unit and build on it (if applicable), or create a new unit centered around race and ethnicity. We will work from your existing lesson plans while designing new lessons that connect literacy, language, art, music, science, math, and home/school connections to help children develop language around their racial identities and respect for other races and ethnicities. We will explore children’s books and other media that can provide entry points into lessons. We will also connect lessons to state standards and the social justice standards from Teaching Tolerance. This workshop is recommended for educators in the beginning stages of having conversations about race, racial identity, and ethnicity with young children and their families.
Term(s) offered: Summer
Format: Online
- Course NumberTEWS858N
- Focus OnPreschool-2nd Grade
- CategoryChildhood / Elementary School, Early Childhood, Online
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Registration Options and Cost$195 5.0 CTLE or 0.5 CEU