Week 11: Cultural Diversity

Week 11: April 6-12

Cultural Diversity

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1. The Sandwich Swap by Her Majesty Queen Rania with Kelly DiPucchio Illustrated by Tricia Tusa (Middle eastern)
2. Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester (African American)
3. The Impossible Journey by Gloria Whelan (Russian)
4. In My Family/En mi Familia by Carmen Lomas Garza (Hispanic)
5. What the World Eats by Peter Menzel, Faith D’Aluisio
6. On My Block edited by Dana Goldberg
7. What Does Peace Feel Like? by Vladimir Radunsky
8. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (African)

Rationale:
For 5 years I worked at an Inner City Charter School. The populations was primarily Aferican American, Bosnian, and Hispanic. At my current school I work with a paraeducator who is from Pakistan. My children attend Campbell Montessori School and they have many friends who have an ethnicity other than Caucasian. On top of this, my sister worked in Vietnam for 3 years and is currently in Germany. I wish I had paid more attention to cultures and had more background before now, but I am rapidly learning and thought this would only help in my quest to be more knowledgeable about other cultures.