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Curriculum Chapter 2
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DIVERSITY RESOURCES
Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young
Children
Louise Derman-Sparks and the A.B.C. Task Force
This book provides a comfortable framework for use in
creating an anti-bias environment for young children,
including a self-education guide for introducing the
curriculum into an existing program. Chapters deal
with a variety of issues in the area of inclusion, including
racial differences and similarities, cultural differences
and similarities, learning about disabilities, learning
about gender identity, learning to resist stereotyping and
discriminatory behaviors, and activism. Developmental
tasksandguidelines,worksheets,activitiesandresources
are provided.
National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC)
1509 16 th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Web: http://www.naeyc.org/