Use articles below to learn more about affirming students in their cultural connections. There are many online resources for multicultural and social justice classroom content.

What Is White Privilege, Really?

Learner Interest Matters: Strategies for Empowering Student Choice

Chapter 1. Educating Everybody's Children: We Know What Works—And What Doesn't

Watch videos to gain insight and gather ideas about how you can affirm students' cultural connections. Most of the time, we have to understand our own first.

Life of Privilege Explained in a $100 Race

Creating Digital Stories: Civic Expression & The American Creed

Encouraging Students to Take Action

Use these questions to help reflect on how to affirm students' cultural connections.

1. How are students encouraged to reflect on important issues such as equity issues and matters for community relations?
2. How do I provide experiences that promote respect for students’ uniqueness as well as the ways they are similar?
3. How do I provide opportunities for students to make choices and decisions about alternative assignments that represent achievement of the learning goals?

Empatico activities help students practice social skills such as respectful communication, perspective taking, cooperation, and critical thinking, as they experience positive connections with peers around the world

• Empatico Website
• Activities