According to the Ontario Human Rights Commission has affirmed that educational services must promote inclusion and full participation (Community Living, 2014). In this section, I have provided resources such as read aloud's, activities, and videos that are related to creating an inclusive and safe environment. Teachers able to use these resource to use promote diversity within their own classrooms.
Activities
Activity number 1: Create an "All About Me" wall. Each student will get the chance to write about themselves, what there ethnic background is, how old are they, what are their interests, how many people do they have in their family, what languages do they speak and so on. Each student has a chance to be "student of the week" and present their "All about me".
Activity number 2: Each week teach students how to say good morning in a different language. Try to encourage the students to say good morning in a different language that week.
Read Aloud's
The Peace Book is an easy read that portrays a positive message of peace.
It's Okay to Be Different is about how each individual is unique. Children will be able to understand the importance of acceptance.
Video's
This song describes how we are all unique and that our goal is to create a better world
This video is about how different education is around the world