Cory Week 5 Post
How do the issues examined in the article affect you as a teacher and as a person living in today’s world? During and after reading the article Honoring Multiple Identities Using Multicultural Literature I was able to begin reflecting on my own personal experiences and compare them to those of multicultural students. On a personal level, my life experiences have been nothing short of privileged. Growing up in a dual-parent home, in a white community, going to a school of primarily white students, living in the middle to upper class, and being a female has inevitably allowed me to experience ease in my life. On a professional level, teaching in districts and classrooms of almost all white students has left me with little interactions with multicultural students and colleagues. By reading the article, I can see the importance of incorporating multicultural practices in my classroom. Ezell & Daly (2022) outline three ways to do this: Normalize Discussions about Multiple ...