Proposal of Cultural Event by Anjali Agarwal TESOL 507

Proposal of Cultural EventbyAnjali AgarwalTESOL 507

January 13th, 2014

Mrs. Cindy Perez

Our International Village-People around the World

•South Americans-Hispanics

•Asians- Philippines, Indonesians,Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese,Buddhist, Thai, and Indians

•Europeans- Germans, Russians,French, British, Italians, Dutch,Polish, Turkish, and Greeks

•African-Americans

•Middle-Eastern- Muslims

Invitation Card

Welcome to an Eventful Evening!!!!!!!

Please join our ‘Community Get Together-A Cultural Event’ to celebrate our unityamong cultural diversity and AmericanHeritage with your friends & family.

Location: High School Purple Gym

When: Saturday, January 18th, 2014

Time: 4 pm-7pm

Event Led by: School Administrators,Staff, and Students from all communities

Vision of Community Event’s Venue

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Highlights of the Event Venue

• A decorative and welcoming main entrance – students standing onside to greet and guide the visitors

•Fifteen booths will be spread out on south side of the gym assign todifferent groups

•A conference area- to have open discussion on the global or culturalissues

•A common area for people to hang out to mingle

•A big stage area for final celebration – A variety cultural program

At the End:

Every visitor will receive a“Thank You’ card by thestudents who are standing at theexit to show their appreciationand gratitude for visiting thespecial event!

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Speaker’s Agenda

•Present the layout of the venue to the audience

•School Principal will welcome all the guests- Special guest (Mayor of the town) schoolboard members, administrators, teachers parents, local vendors, whole student body, Priestsfrom different religious centers and volunteers

•Invitation cards: Need to be printed and send out

•Principal will introduce the agenda of the event on the day as follows:

•Mayor of the city will inaugurate the event ( a ribbon cutting ceremony)-declare the openingof the ceremony

•Talk about: the purpose of the event- highlight the importance of culturally responsiveteaching in the multicultural community, provide information of the place and ways to find helpif in needed during the event, and introduce

•Closing of the ceremony- A variety cultural program presented by the students

•A Thank you note by the assistant Principal

Materials include

•Postures, banners, markers, paint,butcher paper, and brushes

•Printed over 500 invitation cards andthank you cards

•Portable laptop carts – 6

•Table, table throws, skirts, overlays,and runners

•Chairs and a conference table

•Lightweight banner walls- 15

•Vinyl Panel- 15

•Hooks, board pins, glue, masking &clear tapes

•One big TV screen

•Music system

•Video recorder

•Pack of balloons

•A podium

•A DVD player or a computer

•A Stage

•Additional stuff to decorate the venue-artificial flowers, decorative lightbulbs and wall hangings, etc.

Our Skate holders are

•District leaders

•School Administrators

•School Communitymembers

•School Staff

•Parents

•Students body

•Local vendors- Restaurantowners, Local grocers

• Book shop owners

• Religious leaders- Priestsfrom different churches

Glimpse of theclosing ceremony

A presentation of a CulturalProgram: Performed by thestudents from different culturesand countries

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Glimpse of: Music videos will be played during thecelebration time on a big TV screen

•Greek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GyoQ0LBvng

•Italian - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFdyro0Bw4o

•Mexican - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGd4BLASGtc

•German - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2IkfcK31To

•Chinese – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0dMz8RBG7g

•Indian - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz72xjcrEgo

•French - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGecoY7aF4U

•Arabic – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1eXnKttHOk

•Thai -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TObjh28Dtec&list=PLkzD5NjAMDKJuSZHyFn4OM4nvLxLLIpdC

Culturally Responsive teaching will help increase Global Perspective ofEnglish Language Learners by:

•Clears misconceptions, help discard biases and prejudices against other races and languages

• Makes learning more appropriate and meaningful

•Provides opportunities to be successful in mainstream classroom and actively participate indiscussions

• Helps to comprehend and combine common applications of two languages in daily life

• Learn and acknowledge different ethnic groups problems from their perspective

• Affects their dispositions, attitudes, and approaches towards others

• Bridges the gap between know and unknown information and realities about global issues

• Develop their own non-bias opinions on any global problem and have an insightful thinking

•Teaches students to praise other cultures and people around the world

•Empowers them to compare and contrasts their culture and embrace difference in a positivemanner

•Literates them to incorporate great variety of ideas, approaches, and concepts used worldwide

Reference

Culturally responsive teaching. (1999). Retrieved January 11, 2014, from Intime website: http://www.intime.uni.edu/multiculture/curriculum/culture/ teaching.htm