The Arab American culture today often faces some of the most intense intolerance, prejudice, and hate crimes in the US. As multicultural educators, we further understand that teaching and learning is a cross-cultural encounter and that teachers and students come to the classroom with cultural baggage. What can teachers do personally and in the classroom to create better understanding and appreciation of this cultural group and to address the educational needs of Arab American students?As the number of Arab American students in public schools continue to increase, so have the range of strategies and materials for successfully integrating them. However, many schools continue to not recognize Arab culture or history. Some strategies and/or resources available in providing Arab Americans with a supportive, unbiased education are:• Represent the Middle East, Arabs, and Muslims accurately and fairly when teaching the curriculum. Ensure that Arab American students are treated equally and without prejudice by teachers and peers
• teachers respond to incidences of racism and discrimination strongly and quickly, with attention to both the perpetrators and the victims. Although Arab Americans may be one of the smaller minorities in schools, they should be represented in multicultural courses and activities to
validate their culture and educate all students about the Middle East.• Field trips can be taken to Arab community institutions, assembly speakers can include Arab American leaders • Schools can involve Arab American families to familiarize students with the various groups celebrations, foods, and history• Social stories can be used with primary grades specifically targeting racism and discrimination to help them understand what it looks like and
how to respond.• Prejudice always increases when political events occur involving Arabs. Educators need to be prepared to respond to possible harassment or
hate crimes occurring resulting from negative news reporting• Schools can take care not to discriminate against Muslims. They should not enforce dress codes or requirements that violate the Muslim tradition
of modesty or religious practice.• Federal law permits students to organize prayer services, and schools should accommodate such requests from Muslims (Council on American-
Islamic Relations, 1997) (i.e. a place to go, separate from the cafeteria, while fasting during the month of Ramadan) • Teachers can reach out to Arab parents having them serve as a resource for teachers or staff development.• In regards to curriculum; introductions and lessons delving into the history/ culture of Arab music, art, photographs of Arab countries, English
words with Arab roots, notable Arab Americans, can be taught.
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