2.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com ECE 405 Week 1 DQ 1 Commonly Held Beliefs and Bias ECE 405 Week 1 DQ 2 Children and Prejudice ECE 405 Week 2 DQ 1 Race Illusion vs. Reality ECE 405 Week 2 DQ 2 Cultural Differences ECE 405 Week 2 Exposure to Stereotypes

3.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Children and Prejudice. In Vivian Gussin Paley’s book, “You Can’t Say, You Can’t Play”, a hierarchy of “bosses” and “outcasts” emerges year after year in her classroom. What, in your experience with children, determines this hierarchy and how much of it is due to the development of pre-prejudicial behavior in children?

4.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Children and Prejudice. In Vivian Gussin Paley’s book, “You Can’t Say, You Can’t Play”, a hierarchy of “bosses” and “outcasts” emerges year after year in her classroom. What, in your experience with children, determines this hierarchy and how much of it is due to the development of pre-prejudicial behavior in children?

5.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Race: Illusion vs. Reality. Review the seven “propositions” including the accompanying videos on “Understanding the Influence of Race” (http://www.tolerance.org/tdsi/uir_intro). From these links and videos, you will learn that much of what we hold to be true about race is a social construction, which has little connection to human biology.

6.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Cultural Differences. On page 64, your text offers a list of 13 childrearing patterns that differ between cultures. These can create challenges for educators when family structures and norms conflict with the assumed norms of the school. In the US, these are most often based on white, middle-class cultural assumptions.

7.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Exposure to Stereotypes. Children are bombarded by racial, cultural and gender stereotypes both within and outside the classroom. Consider the movies, television series and products (including toys and videogames), which are marketed to young children. Submit a 2-3 page paper

8.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Second Language Learners. Imagine that you teach in a school where the majority of the student population is English speaking, and there is a growing a number of English language learners. You are assigned to a first-grade classroom where 60% of children speak English only and the other 40% speak mostly Spanish with varying levels of English.

9.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com The Role of Families and Communities in Culturally Relevant Anti- Bias Education. Often school attempts to connect with families fail. One reason is that schools assume the role of “educator” and expect families to go out of their way to learn how they can help modify family patterns to best suit the school environment.

10.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com The IRIS Center Module. The IRIS Center is a national center that aims to provide high quality resources and training for educators. Go to http://www.iriscenter.com/clde/chalcycle.htm. Begin by selecting the Challenge balloon. Listen to the Case study.

11.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Classroom Environments and Learning. Both your reading in Roots and Wings and the lessons from Vivian Gussin Paley’s book demonstrate that classroom environments give children and parents strong messages in the way they are set up and decorated. Identify and describe at least two ways you can structure and design the classroom environment to enhance anti-bias

12.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Multicultural Literature. There are many different kinds of multicultural children’s books. Choose one book from the titles presented in your text. Read the book and provide a brief summary of the story. Describe how the book fosters one of the curriculum goals listed on page 162 in your text. Be specific and give examples related to the text

13.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com PowerPoint Presentation. You will create an 8-10 slide (not including the title and reference slide) presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint. The presentation should provide an overview of the arguments, ideas, facts, and information students will be applying to their final paper. The information should be presented in a visually compelling manner

14.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Evaluative Multiculturalism in the Classroom. Teachers can be genuine in their efforts to deliver a culturally-relevant and anti-bias curriculum, but still fail to produce a classroom where children are fully inclusive of others and prejudice-free. What criteria will be most important to you as you evaluate your literature selections

15.  For more classes visit  www.indigohelp.com www.indigohelp.com Focus of the Final Paper: This paper should be a combination of philosophies, theories, and concepts learned and how they apply to the early childhood classroom. The primary focus will be on the comprehensiveness of understanding the many components that are necessary for the preschool classroom.