Team-Teaching Diversity Lesson Assignment

For this assignment, you will work with a small group of students and will cooperate to plan and team-teach a 15-20 minute lesson on diversity and anti-bias teaching to the rest of your classmates. This assignment is designed to apply your knowledge of our course content and relate it to children's literature on diversity and anti-bias education. This assignment is also intended to apply your understandings of technology and use it as a teaching tool. Your lesson will (1) highlight the most important points from the assigned reading; (2) identify what to do and not to do when teaching about your assigned topic; (3) include reading a children's literature book that corresponds well to your assigned topic and (4) utilize a teaching strategy that requires your classmates (students) to interact in a meaningful way. 

Steps to complete the Team-Teaching Diversity Lesson assignment cooperatively:

1. Your group will be assigned one of the following chapters from Common Bonds: Anti-Bias Teaching in a Diverse Society:
Chapter 1: Addressing Race, Ethnicity and Culture in the Classroom
Chapter 2: Living with our Deepest Differences: Religious Diversity
Chapter 3: Ability Differences in the Classroom
Chapter 4: Class Differences: Economic Inequality in the Classroom
Chapter 5: Language Diversity in the Classroom
Chapter 6: Gender Equity in the Classroom

2. You and your group members will be assigned to the following different tasks:
a. Identify, list and describe the main points from the reading. (knowledge)
Name of group member: ____________________________

b. Apply the information from group member's task "a" to create a list of what to do and what not to do when teaching your topic to elementary students. (application)
Name of group member: _____________________________

c. Combine the information from group members' tasks "a" and "b" to select, read and provide a children's book that corresponds with the topic and create a student activity that you could use to facilitate students' knowledge on the topic (synthesis)
Name of group member: ____________________________

d. Summarize the information from group members' tasks "a", "b" and "c" to write what you've learned about your topic and convincingly state your beliefs about anti-bias teaching. (evaluation)
Name of group member: ____________________________

3. You and your group members will work together to compile all information from the above individual tasks and create a PowerPoint presentation to use as you teach your lesson. 

Create a PowerPoint slideshow using the following list:
Provide a title page including a title of your lesson and your names.

Provide a brief explanation of the diversity topic you'll be discussing.

Provide a slide(s) of information from group member of task "a".

Provide a slide(s) of information from group member of task "b".

Provide a slide(s) of information from group member of task "c".

Provide a slide(s) of information from group member of task "d".

Provide a slide to generate student interaction.

Provide a slide to encourage student questions.

4. You and your group members will meet to plan for teaching your lesson to our class. Please be sure to keep your lesson to about 15 minutes in length. Be sure that each group member discusses his/her own topics and that no one is dominating or excluded from teaching. 

5. When planning to teach your lesson, choose a teaching strategy to use that will facilitate students' interaction with peers. Be sure to determine who will facilitate this interaction prior to teaching.

6. Plan to meet and practice your lesson prior to teaching in class. This will help you to determine how to connect one idea to another and to time out your teaching. In addition, be sure to practice reading the children's book, as it will need to be read to our class as part of your presentation.

7. On the day of your lesson, you will need to bring the following to class: (1) a disk with your PowerPoint presentation; (2) any supplies that you will need for the teaching strategy you're implementing; (3) a copy of the children's book that you'll be reading and (4) a printed copy of your PowerPoint presentation (6 slides per page) that you will hand in for your group. 


Note: The team-teaching diversity lesson assignment is to provide you with an experience of working in a cooperative group and to apply what you've learned in class and through your readings to teach a group of students. As such, all group members will be earn one grade that each of you will assume as your own. Therefore, while you each have your own responsibilities for the outcome of this project, each of your group members will be accountable for the outcome of the project in its entirety; be sure to review each component prior to completion and submission.

Team-Teaching Diversity Lesson Grading Rubric

The following rubric will be used to grade your team-teaching lesson:

	Target	Acceptable	Unacceptable
Content	You identified and described the main points from the reading. (2 points)	You identified the main points from the reading. (1 point)	You identified points from the reading that were not relevant. (0 point)
	You described what to do and what not to do when teaching your topic to elementary students and provided examples of each. (2 points)	You described what to do and what not to do when teaching your topic to elementary students. (1 point)	You provided a short list of what to do and what not to do when teaching your topic to elementary students. (0 point)
	You read a children's book that corresponds with the topic, described a student activity to facilitate students' knowledge on the topic, and provided a rationale for your decisions. (2 points)	You read a children's book that corresponds with the topic and described a student activity to facilitate students' knowledge on the topic. (1 point)	You read a children's book that corresponds with the topic. (0 point)
	You summarized your information on the topic and convincingly stated your beliefs about anti-bias teaching. (2 points)	You summarized your information on the topic and stated your beliefs about anti-bias teaching. (1 point)	You minimally summarized your information on the topic. (0 point)
Technological Component	You integrated technology into the classroom so that it enhanced your instruction. You had no technological errors that distracted learners from instruction. (1 point)	You integrated technology into the classroom so that it enhanced your instruction. If you had a technological error, it was minimal and not overly distracting. (0.5 point)	You attempted to integrate technology into the classroom but had technological errors that could have been avoided with better planning. (0 point)
Teaching Strategy	You utilized a teaching strategy that actively engaged all learners in your lesson. (1 point)	You utilized a teaching strategy that engaged all learners in your lesson. (0.5 point)	You utilized a teaching strategy that engaged some learners in your lesson. (0 point)