Strategy 1- I hope to continue to broaden my circle of friends and experiences. Hanging out with people/families that are different from me and my family. Going to different restaurants, playgrounds... Having different and new cultural and racial experiences for my family to experience.
Strategy 2- I can always continue to practice having more empathy and patience for the "others" already in my life. Trying to better understand their uniqueness and what makes them different, etc. Trying to be more and more intentional about building relationships with those people in my life and building relationships with students that I have less of a connection with.
Strategy 6- Continuing to teach about the importance of understanding biases in history and even in our own lives. That bias in the classroom is not confined to the biases of people in the classroom. That students are made aware of everything that we read and watch has been written or said by a person with perspectives and biases, whether intentional or unintentional. Also, that I would consider asking my students the following question, "whose stories are missing, who else was there?" to teach students about the most important bias, silence. Those whose story and personal narrative and history are being left out for whatever reason. The importance of teaching our students how to expose and uncover those biases and perspectives in our social studies classrooms.
Strategy 2- I can always continue to practice having more empathy and patience for the "others" already in my life. Trying to better understand their uniqueness and what makes them different, etc. Trying to be more and more intentional about building relationships with those people in my life and building relationships with students that I have less of a connection with.
Strategy 6- Continuing to teach about the importance of understanding biases in history and even in our own lives. That bias in the classroom is not confined to the biases of people in the classroom. That students are made aware of everything that we read and watch has been written or said by a person with perspectives and biases, whether intentional or unintentional. Also, that I would consider asking my students the following question, "whose stories are missing, who else was there?" to teach students about the most important bias, silence. Those whose story and personal narrative and history are being left out for whatever reason. The importance of teaching our students how to expose and uncover those biases and perspectives in our social studies classrooms.