PART 1
Effects of a Mainstream-Centric Curriculum
• Examine one or two factors that may have slowed the development of a multicultural and / or global curriculum in schools. Next, propose the best approach to overcoming the factors that you have identified. Provide examples to support your rationale.
•Prepare a plan for handling racist, stereotypic, or misleading statements made by students in the classroom. Suggest two to three techniques that you may use in order to react to the situation appropriately as an instructor.
PART 2
Approaches to Curricular Reform
• Present a scenario that illustrates the approach or blend of approaches to curricular reform based upon the Common Standards, as presented in the text, that you would use in a classroom.
•Examine one key influence that a mainstream-centric curriculum has on a diverse student population. Provide examples to support your rationale.