teachplaysing:

shapefutures:

• When planning your literature curriculum, include authors and characters from diverse backgrounds — instead of waiting for special events or history months, use the whole year to represent people of various races and ethnicities, cultures, belief systems, genders and sexual orientations, etc.

Your turn.  Go!

I like this idea! I think it’s also great to remember that in a music classroom we really do have a unique opportunity to explore and experience other diverse viewpoints through music.

I hope someday when I’m planning my future curriculum I remember this and try to hit a variety of different genres.

That’s a good one!  A friend has remarked in the past about a teacher who used to create an entire atmosphere with the art and music of whatever age and area they were studying that session, and it brings this to mind.  Music offers the beautiful opportunities not only of culture but even of a difference in basic genres, and introducing students to different forms of communication they may not otherwise hear on their own.

Anyone have any other ideas?  I’ve love to see more!