THE BEAUTY OF DIVERSITY:

MULTICULTURAL LITERACY
MULTICULTURALI
SM
 1950's
The council on International
Educational Exchange was
formed.
1960's and 1970's
Decades of protest and the
struggles of equality.
 LATE 1970's-
1980'shad
Multiculturalism
gained significance.
 1990's
Multicultural education
emerged.
 21st CENTURY
Schools added
multicultural literacy.
 MULTICULTUR
ALISM
A situation in which all the different
cultural or racial groups in a society have
equal rights and opportunities and none is
ignored or regarded as unimportant.
MULTICULTURAL
LITERACY
Aptitudes of looking at and
understanding something
without any cultural biases.
 MULTICULTURAL
Ability LITERACY
to accept the various
viewpoints to achieve a better
compassionate assessment of any
situation.
 WHY IS
MULTICULTURAL
MELTING
POT
THEORY
 SALAD
BOWL
THEORY
 Do you think multicultural
education should be a melting
pot or a salad bowl?