Mr. Michaels has stated that he does not see color yet he is unaware of how culture influences students’ attitudes, beliefs, outlooks, and their behaviors towards everyday situations. RESPECTing Culture is an acronym based on teaching competencies and the National Council for the Social Studies Standards. Each letter exemplifies a facet of cultural competency that teachers can follow in their classrooms to ensure diversity. Interpreting each letter of the word, which correlates to reality, exploration, senses, people, equity, care, and talk. The reality of today’s world is the vast differences of due to immigration. For students to be successful, learning must be an exploration that is challenging and fun and in turn, stimulates the senses.
