In reflecting about the Ted talk, I vow to have conversations with my third graders that open their eyes to the world around them and that don't limit groups of people or pigeon hole them. I plan to have a variety of books in the classroom. Some as read alouds. And not just during our culture unit when we focus on those types of books. I plan to encourage students to read more about the people of the world and to expand any perceptions, while I diffuse other perceptions (Can be a very sticky situation in today's classroom climate unfortunately). I also plan to model writing in which main characters are living in other countries and are not portrayed in stereotypical ways.
