Strategies and Lessons for Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Primer for K-12 Teachers, CourseSmart eTextbook

This primer offers a starting point for teachers who want to engage in culturally responsive practice to ensure meaningful learning for all their students.

This practical handbook will help teachers inspire their students to make a difference in their schools, communities, and the world. With over forty highly-motivating, culturally responsive lessons and teaching strategies, this handbook offers teachers a variety of interdisciplinary, classroom-tested strategies and activity-oriented approaches for becoming culturally competent. Adaptable to all grade levels and subject specialties, the content and strategies presented are grounded in theories developed by researchers and practitioners who have been actively teaching and writing about multicultural education and related fields. An inside cover matrix identifies the content area, grade level, and teaching principles for each lesson by chapter.