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America, a country created by the outcasts of Europe in the 1700’s, is a nation that consists of a diversity not known by any other country. Since the first settlers travelled to this new nation, people from all over the world have come to this great country for many different reasons. Some people come to make a better life for their families, some people come to experience freedom, some have come to stay alive and avoid genocide of their own nation, in the past some have even been forced to come to America with their lives being changed forever. In schools today, we learn about the reasons people come to this nation, but it’s not often that we learn what happened after they arrived. Textbooks are often written to please school boards that value the white European’s journey to America, it’s not often we see a journey to America from a Mexican, Chinese or African’s perspective. In order to incorporate these cultures into the classroom, a teacher of a multicultural classroom should incorporate additional multicultural literature into the curriculum. By incorporating literature that provides different cultural perspectives, students of the culture will be able to relate better to the readings, while students not of the culture will be able to see things from another’s perspective.

According to the Normal Acculturation Process, when immigrant students come to a new country they go through four variable stages. During the second stage, the student experiences a bit of culture shock (Richard-Amato). This culture shock will lead to the student feeling isolated and frustrated while losing their sense of identity. With multicultural literature, the teacher is able to provide a sense of security to this student. If...

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