Humanities Homework Help

1) Read the following to prepare for this week’s learning:

Roots and Wings: ———-

Anti Bias Education: Ch 10 “Learning About Different Abilities and Fairness”

Choose one quote or idea from each chapter you read for homework that you think is a very important idea or concept. For each, cite the textbook and page number you got the quote or idea from. (2 chapters, 2 books = 4 quotes)

Then, briefly, write why you choose that quote or idea as the most important idea in the chapter? What is its meaning to you? For others? Why do you think that this would be an important idea for others to know about? Your paragraph can be 4-8 sentences.

(Requirement book 1. Roots and Wings, Affirming Culture in Early Childhood Programs, by Stacy York

2. Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Lousie Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards)

2) Then Stop and Think about Disabilities and Answer the Questions

1. What did you learn as a child about how “visible” a person with a disability should be? Was it OK to look at the person directly? What are some issues around this situation? Did you know/interact with anyone with a disability?
2. What is your reaction when a child asks a question about a person with a disability within the person’s hearing range? Can you think of ways that you could react?
3. How can you evaluate when a person with a disability does or does not need help? How can you tell? How can you decide if a child with a disability is doing something dangerous or if it’s safe?

3) Do A Implicit Association Test – Disabilities

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html

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The link above takes you to a test that is called the Implicit Association Test. It has been around since 1998. It is associated with Harvard University. This isn’t the end-all and be-all of tests but it IS interesting to get some insight into your own biases. I will not know the results of your test obviously except for what you share in your assignment.

Take one of the tests at least, of either Race, Gender, or Disability. For sure take the Disabilities one. I took it, so I just want to say, don’t feel bad just take it as an eye-opener to how we are ‘taught’ in a variety of ways to look at others with biases. We ALL have them. Awareness is the first step!

Take a test (or more if you wish) then answer the two questions below. Each test takes about 15 minutes or less, I think.

1. What did you learn about yourself?
2. What feelings did this bring up for you?

4) Watch the Video on Passage of ADA

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/30-years-after-adas-passage-what-it-means-to-these-americans-with-disabilities

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Respond in the short paragraph that you watched this.