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Running Head: Historical Implications Reflection
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Running Head: Historical Implications Reflection
The connection with students outside their group here could be that
these peers are presenting on their classmates native cultures! How
interesting to watch your peers, who before may have not understood
your background, present information and have studied where you came
from. I think the students would really connect with an assignment like
this because they would be able to feel pride as other students share out
the challenges and perseverance of their cultures! I also believe that the
students will connect in a more meaningful way once they understand
each other and the road that led them all into the same classrooms.
Prejudice and mistreatment comes from ignorance, and by putting
together an assignment such as this, you are forcing your students to
move from ignorance to understanding.
This type of project will contribute not only to the individual students
invaluably, but also to the classroom environment as a whole. It will be a
stronger and safer community for students to discuss their families,
homes, and experiences as language learners because now each and
every student will have a greater understanding for where they are
coming from.
Another lesson that could be done to further the classroom community
could be to have students openly reflect upon the cultures theyve
learned about. Its important to have them actively listen to each other
as they present. In requiring students to write a short reflection between
these presentations, they will have a deeper understanding and be forced
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Running Head: Historical Implications Reflection