Based on this week’s Required Studies, develop material that weaves the following concepts as well as others you have gleaned from your studies this week: How do the social identities (culture, ethnicity, and race) impact you, your students, and your scho

Based on this week’s Required Studies, develop material that weaves the following concepts as well as others you have gleaned from your studies this week:

How do the social identities (culture, ethnicity, and race) impact you, your students, and your school?

What assumptions do we make about people from different races, ethnicities, and cultures?

Pose your own answer to Sichel and Bacon’s (2015) question, “Why is there a dichotomy—where some students achieve and some students do not?” (p. 207).

Why is it important to develop equity in your classroom?

How will this perspective affect what you teach, and how will you teach it? 

You may elect to show your learning in one of the following ways:

Write a 2- to 3-page reflection paper

Create a narrated Prezi or PowerPoint

Make a video of yourself discussing the prompts or a narrated video that uses graphics

Support your statements with evidence from the Required Studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.

Required Studies

The following materials are Required Studies for this week. Complete these studies at the beginning of the week, and save these materials for future use.

Excellence Through Equity (Blankstein, Noguera, & Kelly, 2016)

Chapter 10: The Journey Toward Equity and Excellence (Reville, 2015, pp. 185-202)

Chapter 11: Focusing on Equity Propelled Us from Good to Great (Sichel & Bacon, 2015, pp. 205-224)

Chapter 12: Equity and Achievement in the Elementary School (Berg, 2015, pp. 225-236)

View one of the following

Color Blind or Color Brave? (Hobson, 2014) [Video] [Transcript]

What’s So Different About Cultures Anyway?: Dato Gogichaishvili at TEDxTbilisi (TEDx Talks, 2013) [Video]

The Lunch Date (Springboard Schools, 2008) [Video]

TEDxHampshireCollege - Jay Smooth - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race (TEDx Talks, 2011) [Video]

TEDxCMUQatar - Kody Gerkin - How Multicultural Awareness Creates a World with No Boundaries (Gerkin, 2011) [Video]