CHILDREN’S MULTICULTURAL BOOK COLLECTION Brianna Adkins Ivy Tech Community College

 Standard #2: Learning Differences  The teacher uses understanding of individual differences and diverse cultures and communities to ensure inclusive learning environments that enable each learner to meet high standards. Name of Artifact: Children’s Multicultural Book Collection  Date: July 19, 2015  Course: EDUC 255  Brief Description: For this assignment, I gave two multicultural children’s books that can help students understand race and disabilities. These books show how we are all the same and should be treated the same because we are all people.  Rationale: To document my understanding of Standard #2, I showed how the differences between cultures and children with disabilities are all around us. Using one as a new student in a classroom and another as a different nationality to learn and study about their culture.

HAPPY BELLY, HAPPY SMILE BY RACHEL ISADORA  Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers September 28 th, 2009  Genre: Fiction  Theme: Chinese culture, Learning numbers  Summary: This book teaches children what kind of culture the Chinese have and how America can have any nationality or race. A young boy visits his families restaurant in China town and gives a story on the fortune cookie.  Activity: Make a Chinese fan with numbers on each flap.  What makes this book Multicultural? This book is multicultural because it shows a piece of Chinese culture that was brought here to America. This book is not stereotyped in that it talks about Chinese culture but simply shares traditions and ideas.

A VERY SPECIAL CRITTER BY MERCER MAYER  Publisher: Random House Children’s Books April 28 th, 1993  Genre: Fiction  Theme: Physical Disabilities  Summary: This book is about a new special student that joins Little Critter’s class at school. This new student uses a wheelchair and he learns to be accepting to people who look different than he does.  Activity: Have students try and do different tasks in a small wheelchair.  What makes this book Multicultural? This book is multicultural because it helps form an understanding to students that people may look different than us but are just the same and feel the way we do.