Friday, September 18, 2009

monday night 3321-850

chapter 2 Culturally responsive classroom was quite an eye opener. It scares me to think that I would offend one of my students, by not being sensitive to their culture and this could in turn, have that student learn less than they would if I had been more sensitive the culture. I think that it is important to be culturally responsible without going overboard. I like the idea of home visits or even a meeting with parents/caregivers before school has started so that you can mess tighter a learning environment that is inviting the first day of school.





A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children
Seale, Doris (Santee/Cree), and Beverly Slapin,
http://www.oyate.org/aboutus.html

This book is on the Oyate website. Oyate is a Native organization working to see that the Native people’s lives and histories are portrayed honestly. They are like any group of people they want their children to know their heritage. A Broken Flute and its companions to Through Indian Eyes, both are books to help Native Indians children get a better understanding of their heritage. This websites tries to dispel myths and get to the real history.
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6 comments:

  1. Linda HSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    I hope you always have the same disposition on offending a student's culture because it is very important for a teacher to always treat all her students with respect and dignity. You will go far with that mindset!

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  2. A4love79September 19, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    The book you highlighted seems like a great read. It also looks like the book could be tied into other subjects like history or social studies.

    It's great when you can tie in literature to create meaning in other subjects.

    Thanks for the great find!

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  3. DeLoreanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    Funny thing you mentioned offending students. I had a teacher in high school that really did not like white people. He openly criticized them all the time in his class. He often criticized me for fun. I was the only white person in this class with around 30 to 35 hispanic students and one black student.It was an experience I never forgot.

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  4. anitaSeptember 30, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    I love the book that you chose as well as the information that you provided regarding the Native American organization which makes sure that their people are well represented in literature. Keep up the good work.

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  5. ROSAOctober 1, 2009 at 7:27 PM

    I really like the book A Broken Flute. I too believe that our heritage should saved, passed on , and represtented correctly. If I remember correctly there is an organization in San Antonio that has been preserving it or at least trying to. As part of one of my classes in P.A.C. I and my classmates had to do hours in that organization. To learn about our heritage as Hispanics, and how it was being saved and passed on to future generations. Thanks for sharing this book.

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  6. Diane the TeacherOctober 9, 2009 at 10:07 PM

    Hi its Yvonne, great information and very interesting, thank you.

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