- 1). Learn as much as you can about racial, ethnic and cultural groups, especially those of the students you have in your classroom.
- 2). Examine your curriculum and pinpoint whose voices, perspectives and scholarship it represents. Determine how you can incorporate more diversity into what you teach and do so.
- 3). Learn the names of all of your students, make sure you remember them, pronounce them correctly, and use them to address your students.
- 4). Encourage your students to get to know one another. Put them in pairs and have them play ice-breaker games, such as telling each other about their favorite things. Have them switch partners until they get to know several people in the class.
- 5). Explain to your students that in classroom discussions, all are encouraged to share their thoughts and opinions. Tell your students that they are free to disagree with each other, but they cannot allow their disagreements become personal.
- 6). Thank your students for sharing their opinions at the end of the class discussion.
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