Diversity in the Classroom

I believe that everyone has their own point of view when it comes to history.  When we think of history and how we view it we should try to look at it from the point of view of the person that it is happening to.  In the classroom when the teacher is deciding how to include diversity in the classroom she should try to see it from the point of view of that particular child.  The teacher should not try to view it from her own perspective because it would not be authentic.  When it comes to perspective everyone has a different perspective of what happened in history and there may not be one correct perspective.  If everyone has a similar perspective then there may be some truth to that perspective.  There are some biases in history that I think everyone has.  Even the person that may witness a specific historical event may have some bias of that event.  To assist a child with disabilities in the classroom Maxim (2010) suggest that you learn about each specific disability and individualize the program.  I agree with these suggestions because if you want the child to grow in your classroom you need to know about their disability and any background information that could help you work with the child in the classroom.  You also want to individualize the program so that the child will be able to learn what they need to learn.  To assist a child that is learning English as a second language it would be great to have bilingual materials for the students as well as having bilingual labels in the classroom to help the students that may not be reading English yet.

Maxim, G. W. (2010). Dynamic social studies for constructivist classrooms. Boston, MA:

 Pearson.