Context:  This unit was created for RE 3000, Learner Diversity, Spring 2007.  It was created under the advisement of Dr. Nancy Mamlin. 

This unit contains a case study of a student name Jamie, name was changed for privacy, from Moravian Falls Elementary.  It also includes interview of Jamie and of his teacher Mrs. Quesenberry.  I observed Jamie in his classroom every Tuesday and Thursday from March 20, 2007 to April 19, 2007.

Impact:  This unit contains a narrative of what was observed of Jamie, his behavior, interactions with other students, and how he preformed in the classroom.  Since Jamie is Hispanic it will help show how he went about doing thing differently in class and the difficulty that he had adjusting.

Alignment:  The unit met the following North Carolina Standards for Elementary School Teachers:

Standard 1:  Elementary teachers have a broad knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in English Language Arts and Literacy.

•  Indicator 2:  Teachers know and understand the influences on dialect

-This was standard was met by addressing how Jamie tried to spell words during writing time.

• Indicator 4:  Teachers know and understand the elementary school child's social, cultural, linguistic, cognitive, and affective backgrounds as they relate to the ability to develop effective communication processes (listening, speaking, reading, and writing)

- This standard was met by addressing how Jamie paid attention to Mrs. Quesenberry, worked through sounding out the words when he was reading and writing.

Standard 14:  Elementary teachers develop strategies to address topics that are controversial to diverse groups.

• Indicator 1:  Teachers understand and respect that families and communities may have diverse attitudes about the educational process.

- This standard was met by mentioning the situation that Jamie has at home when it comes to his homework.

• Indicator 5:  Teaching discourages prejudice, derogatory comments and stereotypical perspectives by modeling and selecting bias free instructional materials. 

-This standard was met by showing examples that the stereotypes provided in the Hispanic Culture Report were false.