Culturally Responsive Teaching Archives | Classroom For Change https://classroomforchange.com/category/culturally-responsive-teaching/ Creating classrooms + communities that change the world. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:10:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://classroomforchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Classroom-For-Change-New-Logo-80x80.png Culturally Responsive Teaching Archives | Classroom For Change https://classroomforchange.com/category/culturally-responsive-teaching/ 32 32 155548993 A Teacher’s Guide to Ramadan + Eid https://classroomforchange.com/a-teachers-guide-to-ramadan-and-eid/ https://classroomforchange.com/a-teachers-guide-to-ramadan-and-eid/#respond Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://classroomforchange.com/?p=2090 In this teacher's guide, I share helpful tips + guidelines to keep in mind during the holy month of Ramadan + the Festival of Eid al-Fitr.

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]]> https://classroomforchange.com/a-teachers-guide-to-ramadan-and-eid/feed/ 0 2090 Growing Up Bicultural in America: From Blending In to Standing Out and Everything in Between https://classroomforchange.com/from-blending-in-to-standing-out-and-everything-in-between/ https://classroomforchange.com/from-blending-in-to-standing-out-and-everything-in-between/#respond Sun, 05 May 2019 16:00:12 +0000 http://www.classroomforchange.com/?p=1073 In the summer of 1984, I was born to my Indian immigrant parents and given the name, Rose Rohini Chemmanoor. Later in life, I learned the meaning of my name and since then have ‘worn it’ like a badge of honor. However, it wasn’t always that way.

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]]> https://classroomforchange.com/from-blending-in-to-standing-out-and-everything-in-between/feed/ 0 1073 When Counterstories + Allied Counterstories Attack https://classroomforchange.com/culturally-responsive-teaching-when-counterstories-and-allied-counterstories-attack/ https://classroomforchange.com/culturally-responsive-teaching-when-counterstories-and-allied-counterstories-attack/#respond Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:00:58 +0000 http://classroomforchange.com/?p=762 Whose stories are being told in our classrooms? Which ones are shared? Which ones are celebrated? Those are questions I never thought about as a classroom teacher. Of course, I valued diversity and worked hard to incorporate multicultural texts as part of culturally responsive teaching so that my students would be able to learn about places and people other than their own. However, when I look back on the early years of my teaching career, I realize that I didn’t do enough.

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