1. MARGINALIZED
MELISSA
NANCY

2. What are you?

3. Melissa
Does the society I am in expect me to fit into “their mold"? (Bento Box)

4. Environment: opposing worlds
The way society views race or difference
Family
My journey to accept both worlds
Hapa/Hafu/double/third culture

5. Environment

6. Schools

7. Family

9. Testimonials
Third Culture :Hapas

10. Poop a Lic
Bull in Da Pen

14. The Other Others

15. NEW ENGLAND

16. How will they identify themselves?

17. Discussion
Compare and contrast
Pair/Share

18. I Walk in Two Worlds

19. Writing activity Where are you from?

20. Teaching Tools A+ASK FRAMEWORK
Awareness
Attitude
Skill
Knowledge

22. Suggestions
Look at the society you are teaching in and how that society views people who are different from the mainstream culture

23. Different ways to enter and adapt to a culture
Assimilation
Rejection-stay in native language/community
Multiculturalism/Bilingualism

24. Deal with your own assumptions
Challenges Teachers May Face when teaching identity in different environments
Deal with your own assumptions
Allow students to bring into the classroom who they really are
Are your students ready to come to terms with who they are?

25. Skills/Activities
Open discussion-explore
Cultural Autobiography

26. Skills/Activities Show and tell identity show and tell box
Way of Council

27. What do you do with ones who are hesitant to share?

28. Hesitant to Share
Meaningful
Deeply personal to daily life
Take lower risks
Indirect manner

29. Activities/Knowledge
Cultural project:
1) making posters of favorite food from their culture
2) Ask questions/ students share with classmates
How is this food made?
Is it for special occasions?
What does it tastes like?

30. More Activities . Take pictures of homes and houses
Students explain these pictures the culture u are teaching in)
Share them with the class and interview each other

31. Skills/Activities
Tourist postcards—daily life scenes of the country you are teaching
Students can explain pair/share

32. Use Pat Moran's “Faces” book –
Create Another Persona
use their imaginations—create meaningful---character
they create a personal answer

33. What are you? Now let’s try it see what persona you are?

34. BILL OF RIGHTS
Maria P. P. Root, PhD, is author of "The Multiracial Experience: Racial Borders as the New Frontier"
READ TAKE TURNS

35. Feedback If you want a copy of the resources/bibliography
Please Melissa or Nancy