<Li> Find allies in your administration who will support your work . </Li> <P> Another essential part of multicultural teaching is examining your current lesson materials for bias that might alienate the students you are trying to teach . The Safe School Coalition warns against using a curricular material "if it omits the history, contributions and lives of a group, if ti demeans a group by using patronizing or clinically distancing language, or if it portrays a group in stereotyped roles with less than a full range of interests, traits and capabilities ." </P> <P> The development of multicultural education is introduced at a young age in order to allow children to build a global perspective . Multicultural education can be introduced to children through the use of critical literacy practices; this will enable children to build an honest relationship with the world while recognizing multiple perspectives and ideologies . Teachers can use critical literacy practices to pose questions that will make students analyze, question and reflect upon what they are reading . Critical literacy can be useful by enabling teachers to move beyond mere awareness of, and respect for, and general recognition of the fact that different groups have different values or express similar values in different ways . There are three different approaches to critical literacy: </P> <Ol> <Li> Examining texts for voice and perspective </Li> <Li> Using texts as a vehicle to examine larger social issues </Li> <Li> Using student's lives and experiences as the text and incorporating literacy practices </Li> </Ol>

6 ways to implement a real multicultural education in the classroom