http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/03/what-the-american-family-looks-like_n_5552409.html
The American family looks different than it did 50, or even 10, years ago.
The number of children living with two married parents has steadily decreased since the '80s. A 2012 Pew study found that 2 million dads stay at home with their kids -- a statistic that is also climbing. Around six million kids and adults have an LGBT parent. Minorities make up 37 percent of the population, but will increase to 57 percent in 2060. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2043, no group will make up a majority.
It's clearly time to celebrate all
of the families in this country. So to ring in the Fourth of July this
year, we asked our readers for family photos that represent the real
America. The images we received include a single mom by choice who
adopted her son when he was 2 years old, a military family with a dad
who is in active duty in the Air Force, and a Sikh family who takes an
annual road trip to Washington D.C. to celebrate the Independence Day.
RESOURCES and LESSONS for TEACHING ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE - especially race, ethnicity, and culture. You will find MANY LINKS TO SITES & ARTICLES, BUT ONLY THE FIRST FEW PARAGRAPHS (due to copyright laws), so please press the link to read the articles in their entirety. TO SEARCH, use the "SEARCH BY LABEL OR CATEGORY" section in the right column.
What's this blog about?
I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.