Given: Schools in America are a microcosm of cultures. As a new teacher, it is important to recognize what your own understanding and beliefs are about culture and multicultural education. Task: A. Create a graphic organizer (suggested length of 1 page) to organize your thoughts about respecting cultural differences and avoiding cultural bias in an educational setting. Note: You may create your graphic organizer using a word-processing drawing document. An outline is not an acceptable graphic organizer. B. Using your textbooks and other references, investigate academic research about culture and multicultural education. In an essay (suggested length at least 2 pages): 1. Define culture. 2. Define multicultural education. 3. Explain, using research-based multicultural strategies, how multicultural education could address cultural differences and cultural bias in an educational setting. 4. Validate your findings. a. Include APA in-text citations. b. Use at least three academic sources. C. After completing your research, reexamine your graphic organizer. In an essay (suggested length of at least 1 page): 1. Compare your preconceptions about cultural differences and cultural bias with your research findings. 2. Reflect on how this research has changed your ideas and beliefs about cultural differences and cultural bias. 3. Predict the impact this new understanding will have on your teaching practices. Note: Please save word-processing documents as *.rtf (Rich Text Format) or *.pdf (Portable Document Format) files. Note: For definitions of terms commonly used in the rubric, see the attached Rubric Terms. Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the paper or project.

Given: Schools in America are a microcosm of cultures. As a new teacher, it is important to recognize what your own understanding and beliefs are about culture and multicultural education. Task: A. Create a graphic organizer (suggested length of 1 page) to organize your thoughts about respecting cultural differences and avoiding cultural bias in an educational setting. Note: You may create your graphic organizer using a word-processing drawing document. An outline is not an acceptable graphic organizer. B. Using your textbooks and other references, investigate academic research about culture and multicultural education. In an essay (suggested length at least 2 pages): 1. Define culture. 2. Define multicultural education. 3. Explain, using research-based multicultural strategies, how multicultural education could address cultural differences and cultural bias in an educational setting. 4. Validate your findings. a. Include APA in-text citations. b. Use at least three academic sources. C. After completing your research, reexamine your graphic organizer. In an essay (suggested length of at least 1 page): 1. Compare your preconceptions about cultural differences and cultural bias with your research findings. 2. Reflect on how this research has changed your ideas and beliefs about cultural differences and cultural bias. 3. Predict the impact this new understanding will have on your teaching practices. Note: Please save word-processing documents as *.rtf (Rich Text Format) or *.pdf (Portable Document Format) files. Note: For definitions of terms commonly used in the rubric, see the attached Rubric Terms. Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the paper or project.