Center for Diversity Education
The CDE is entirely curriculum-focused to assist teachers in embedding a knowledge base of many peoples into the daily content of the classroom in grades K-12. It is the mission of CDE to prepare all students with the necessary skills to maintain a pluralistic democracy in an increasingly complex and diverse nation and world.
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- Lesson plan: Stories From the Holocaust This lesson is designed to supplement a study of World War II. Students will read first hand accounts of individuals who escaped Nazi persecution and eventually settled in Asheville, North Carolina. This lesson may be used as an 8th grade Social Studies or English project(It could also be used as an integrated project), 10th grade English, or 11th grade US History. This lesson use the NCEcho portal to access the material.
- Seeds of Change Garden Students can build their own Seeds of Change garden to learn about plants, foods of different cultures, and more.
- Lesson plan: All About ME: Likenesses & Differences This lesson will help to enhance the self-esteem of the students by focusing on each child's individual differences.
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- Mountain Gateway Museum: A trip to the Mountain Gateway Museum in Old Fort gives students a look into the past and helps them understand the importance of preserving local and regional history.
- A record of school desegregation: Conduct your own oral history project: In this unit for grade 8, students will research the history of school desegregation, and will use their knowledge to conduct oral history interviews with community members. Students will reflect on the experience through writing.
- Desegregating public schools: Integrated vs. neighborhood schools : In this high school lesson plan, students will learn about the history of the "separate but equal" U.S. school system and the 1971 Swann case which forced Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to integrate. Students will examine the pros and cons of integration achieved through busing, and will write an argumentative essay drawing on information from oral histories.
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- Learn more about African American history, African Americans, Buncombe County, Civics and Government, Holocaust, North Carolina, citizenship, civil liberties, constitutional issues, cultural diversity, customs, defamation, discrimination, folklore, harvest festivals, history, immigration, racial diversity, religious diversity, stage performances, storytelling, and tolerance.
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The center provides area schools the means to increase the ways diversity is explored in the curriculum. Through exhibits, traveling trunks, road shows, and staff development programs, teachers and students learn the critical role diversity plays in a healthy democracy and assists them in acquiring the skills necessary for its maintenance.
The Center for Diversity Education is located located on the University of North Carolina Asheville campus at Zageir Hall, room 222. Call 828-232-5024 for more information.
