1. Culturally Responsive Classrooms Chapter 2

2. "One of the major goals of my work and my life … is to help foster understanding and respect for each other— whatever our nation, race, or gender—and for all life upon this Earth." Joseph Bruchac

3. Understanding Culture

4. Deep Culture

5. Mismatched Cultures

6. Not all children's cultures match school culture.

7. Oleksa's metaphor

8. Demographic groups are not equally served by school systems.

9. Need for Culturally Responsive Classrooms

10. Educator's Role

11. Funds of Knowledge

12. Au's Model

13. Culturally Responsive Cultural and linguistic identity Community participation More than "transmission" teaching Assessment practices

14. Meeting the Needs of All Learners

15. We read to know we are not alone.

16. We read to learn about others.

17. Students with disabilities are… not unlike students from other cultures.

18. Stories mean different things to different people.

19. Check assessments for cultural bias.

20. See the CD-ROM which came with this text for: Searchable database of children's literature Author and illustrator profiles Vignettes of classrooms Bibliographies Visit the COMPANION WEBSITE for: Resources for finding multicultural books List of children's periodicals and their websites Culturally aware awards