ause of the political aspects of the
             situation. The other choice is to modify the curriculum to only
             include what the instructor (or school) feels are the most important
             contributions, which again leaves them open to criticism from groups
             that feel they are not being equally treated. A national standard is
             out of the question because of the fact that different parts of the
             country contain certain concentrations of nationalities. An example
             of this is the high concentration of Cubans in Florida or Latinos in
             the west. Nonetheless, teachers are at the top of the agenda when it
             comes to multiculturalism. They can do the most for children during
             the early years of learning, when kids are most impressionable. By
             engaging students in activities that follow the lines of their
             multicultural curriculum, they can open up young minds while making
             learning fun. in one first grade classroom, an inventive teacher used
             the minority students to her advantage by making them her helpers as
             she taught the rest of the class some simple Spanish words and
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