Multcultural Education

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nationalities. An example of this is the high concentration of Cubans in Florida or Latinos in the west.
Nonetheless, teachers are at the top of the agenda when it comes to multiculturalism. They can do the most for the children during the early years of learning, when the kids are the most impressionable. By engaging students in activities that follow the lines of their multicultural curriculum, teachers can broaden young minds while making learning hands on and fun. In one first grade classroom, an inventive teacher utilized the Spanish speaking students to her advantage by making them her helpers as she taught the rest of the class some simple Spanish words and customs (Pyszkowski, 1997, p.154). This newly acquired vocabulary formed a common bond among the children thus instilling a sense of respect and understanding for each other.
Another exciting idea is to put children in the setting of the culture they are learning about. By surrounding children in the ideas and customs of other cultures, they can better understand what it is like t...