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imagination Please be kind and
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of the world in my classroom.
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student feel welcomed in our
follow the instructors guided instructions in classroom. How do I
make
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examples
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would be travelling to Australia and visiting the
Outback and take a swim in the ocean to see and
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learn about First Nations. Diversity should
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their education experience the best experience the
there is a map located somewhere around
room.
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place a world map on the wall and have students place Deanna Mckeigue, Filomena Petracca
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Another suggestion which children may enjoy is to
have
Best of a multicultural
luck, day in which students can bring in
music,
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students a chance to learn about their fellow students’
culture and ethnicity as well as expressing their own.

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