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Informationen zum Autor Lesley Roessing, was a middle and high school teacher for over twenty years and Sr Lecturer, College of Education, Armstrong State University for nine years, working with K-12 teachers as Founding Director of the Coastal Savannah Writing Project. She now serves as Literacy Consultant at a K-8 school. This is her fifth book on literacy for teachers. Klappentext No More "Us" and "Them" delineates what steps educators can take to create an atmosphere where adolescent students feel accepted, included, and valuable to themselves and to their peers. This book provides ideas for lessons and activities that can be integrated into existing curricula and that meet a variety of content area standards in language arts, social studies, science, mathematics, foreign languages, physical education, art, and music, while also proposing ideas for advisory or homeroom periods and class, team, and grade gatherings to build respect in our classrooms, our schools, and our communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Activities & Lessons Foreword Preface Chapter 1Getting to Know You Chapter 2Starting with Seeing Similarities Chapter 3Becoming Part of the Puzzle Chapter 4Collaboration & Interdependency Chapter 5Everyone's an Expert: Valuing Diversity Chapter 6Making Every Day Multicultural Day: Studying & Valuing All Cultures Chapter 7Holidays in the Curriculum Chapter 8Reading for Respect Chapter 9Ending the Year with a Focus on Respect Appendix AReproducible Multicultural Activity Sheets - Cinderella Appendix BBook Club Issue Response Journal Pages Appendix CList of Activities and Lessons References
