History and Foundations of Intergroup and Multicultural Education

In the early weeks of my doctoral version of the foundations of multicultural education, our focus turned toward the intriguing history and fundamental principles of intergroup education and multicultural education. We delved into this field's annals and discovered a tapestry interwoven with diversity, equity, and inclusion. Examining the origins of intergroup education allowed us to appreciate the transformative power of fostering understanding and empathy across different social groups. Simultaneously, exploring the foundations of multicultural education sheds light on the imperative to acknowledge and celebrate the richness of cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity within educational contexts. By unraveling the historical threads that have shaped intergroup and multicultural education, we equipped ourselves with a deeper understanding of the importance of fostering an inclusive and equitable educational landscape for all. The students were charged to synthesize the information read on the history of multicultural education and create a visual timeline of images, words, and videos to capture their understanding of the significant historical events that have contributed to the establishment of the field of multicultural education. Below are examples of a few examples. 

1. https://www.sutori.com/en/story/multicultural-education-historical-timeline--vpHxgbZeTS5YEb3VAVmkQjUE 

2. https://www.sutori.com/en/story/a-brief-timeline-of-the-history-of-multicultural-education--Y7vYWNvQhEAjwmNjxajkDTSm 

3. https://www.sutori.com/en/story/history-multicultural-education--yWSgyqMYg2wR6r2uZzeikTvH 4. https://www.sutori.com/en/story/multicultural-education--o8AfpgTA694hQcyyqgEvtwkj 

5. https://www.sutori.com/en/story/multicultural-education-overview--1KYecZoi2EsDzgNE8bdR188t 6. https://www.sutori.com/en/story/multicultural-education-timeline--qzMEB72ACxMJD64vWE9pTe3s

Asian Americans and Moments in History

This semester for my Foundations of Multicultural Education course, we are reading Becoming a Multicultural Education: Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action, along with Rethinking Multicultural Education. BAME situates itself in providing readers with essential knowledge, awareness, skills, and actions for multicultural education teaching. Part of gaining the essential knowledge for multicultural education teaching is to intentionally learn about historical perspective on a multicultural American. This knowledge is essential for educators who have an obligation to ensure students learn the true history of the nation in order to challenge the isms and other forms of intolerance. The third chapter in the text explores the social construct of race and briefly outlines the legislatively imposed racial groups in the United States. In particular, the chapter discusses the largest three Asian American groups, provides brief historical highlights, and situates the experience of Asian Americans in schools by challenging the model minority myth. In response, the students in the course where challenged to investigate the story an Asian American from the listing provided by Zinn Education Project. Below are links to their eBook creations using Google Slides.

Ronald Takaki: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iYofDFAs69RViSVQm2i1sajGnppMUv4zdaJ7t-PaYao/edit?usp=sharing

Yuri Kochiyama:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1orfw_lytZaP_V0j_WRouTlK_UcjgQLZtMpIl4P-EBe8/edit?usp=sharing

Fred Korematsu:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lCLJRMZu1Ab3xEUGN_zJbB-BuEEubNZVZZp3lwkRZK0/edit?usp=sharing

Kiyoshi Kuromiya:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wfU94Zp3_VZbAgOJGMt7ifPIJHV4e0VdZTaXoDKaNoU/edit?usp=sharing

The Abolition Movement

The Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform (Banks, 1988) is a seminal piece I use to reflect on my own teaching, but is also something I share with students semester after semester. There are four approaches that Banks describes. "One approach, such as the Contributions Approach, can also be used as a vehicle to move to other and ore intellectually challenging approaches..." (p. 38). As Banks, lists a number of challenges with the Contributions or Heroes and Holidays Approach, I remind my students that it is unrealistic to jump to the more socially active approaches when majority of what they experienced as students and observed in area schools fits the Contributions Approach. I encourage them rethink the heroes and holidays they acknowledge. I have my students engage in activities were they learn about often unsung heroes who have contributed to social justice. Below is a listing of notable abolitionists. While Harriett Tubman is often a notable abolitionist, many are unfamiliar with her work as a spy during the Civil War. I also seek to expose my students to other Black abolitionists to help dispel the myth that Blacks who were enslaved or free were complacent with the institution of slavery. Lastly, since most teacher education students are White, learning about Whites who sought justice provides role models for anti-racist actions.

Harriet Tubman: http://prezi.com/2sv5hogx2srg/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Lucy Stone: http://prezi.com/ks7o7fitzgyt/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

William Lloyd Garrison: http://prezi.com/2ntsaue_qac_/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy  

John Brown: http://prezi.com/g3umvzawmmft/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Lydia Maria Child: http://prezi.com/tx8fxe-ybmyi/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Harriet Beecher Stowe: http://prezi.com/b124tonqchre/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Harriet A. Jacobs: http://prezi.com/cvesbxis5wcn/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy  

Wendell Philips: http://prezi.com/vbncpgrr0rvj/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

William Still: http://prezi.com/2f3uhuffpxx4/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Ather Tappan: http://prezi.com/rz0eoupst2xi/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Teaching #BlackLivesMatters

As the semester draws to end, the focus of my students turns to their unit plans. One common topic that students often undertake is that if teaching about the Civil Rights Movement. While many of the attempts are promising endeavors, others focus on the typical "Heroes and Holidays" framework where Dr. King and Mrs. Parks take center stage. While the contributions of these two individuals is undeniable, there were many unsung heroes who also sacrificed their lives.

Another challenge is for students to connect these past efforts with other movements for justice that followed. The preservice teachers are often curious about how to teach about #BlackLivesMatters in an attempt to connect the past to the present. However, they often do not have enough foundational content knowledge beyond what the have heard from the media. Fortunately, Teaching for Change provides a valuable resource for educators to gather the necessary content knowledge, as well as classroom activities to assist students in processing and analyze systemic injustice.

http://www.teachingforchange.org/teaching-blacklivesmatter

Teaching Black History

Check out this link recognizing the accomplishments of 50 African Americans, one for every state in the Union, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/50-iconic-black-trailblazers-who-represent-every-state-in-america_us_5890cbb6e4b0522c7d3d6cfb?.

Teaching Islam in a Catholic School

Check out this article by Gregory Landrigan, http://www.teachingforchange.org/teaching-islam-catholic-school.

Perspectives on the Civil War

During the fall 2016 semester, the social studies methods students participated in a learning experience (http://chssp.ucdavis.edu/programs/historyblueprint/the-civil-war) that allowed for them to learn about the diversity in perspectives as to whether the Civil War was necessary and desirable. Below are two links to VoiceThreads, which capture are some of the perspectives of individual Americans. These perspectives highlight the complexity of public opinion and allows for the exploration of how perspectives impact actions, beliefs, and history.

https://voicethread.com/share/8490883/

https://voicethread.com/share/8525741/