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........ "Using the Web" Activities     Part 8: Student Diversity and Exceptionalities Using the Web: Create a Project that Integrates Diversity Overview Create a student project that integrates diversity and multicultural education in a specific academic subject area and grade level. Use the featured Web links within this chapter to help you. The following questions and additional online resources provide a framework for developing your project. What is your chosen subject area and grade level? What is the title of your project?   What are the instructional objectives for your students (i.e., what do you want them to learn from the project)? See AskERIC Lesson Plans (http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/) for examples of detailed student objectives. Provide an overall description of the learning activities that students will complete for the project. Go to the "Global School House: Collaborative Projects" page of the Lightspan Web site (http://www.lightspan.com) to explore activities and online project ideas that integrate countries, cultures, and classrooms from around the world. What kinds of choices do your students have within the project? Visit GlobaLearn (http://www.globalearn.org/) for ideas about how to offer students a variety of topic and concept choices when working on their projects. How can students relate the project to their own lives and experiences? See Building on Prior Knowledge and Meaningful Student Contexts/Cultures (http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr100.htm) to learn more about how to link new information to your students' prior knowledge and backgrounds. In what ways will participating in your project help students to develop more cultural awareness and respect for diversity? Learn more about how to design activities that foster cross-cultural understanding and respect at the "Teacher's Corner" page in the Multicultural Pavilion Web site (http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/multicultural/teachers.html).     Copyright © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.