Which of the following resources/strategies can make a social science…

Concept

An inclusive classroom is one where teaching-learning resources and strategies actively represent and validate the diverse social, cultural, and regional backgrounds of all learners, rather than privileging a single, uniform narrative. Inclusion is built by bringing multiple perspectives and identities into the classroom, not by narrowing content to one viewpoint or one source.

Application

In a social science classroom, displaying stories and photos of people from various communities and regions directly puts this principle into practice - it lets learners from different backgrounds see their own community and identity reflected in classroom material, while exposing every learner to perspectives beyond their own. This validates diversity and builds belonging, which is exactly what an inclusive strategy is meant to do.

Cross-check

The other three options each describe a practice that narrows rather than broadens classroom perspective:

• Teaching only dominant views of society silences the experiences and perspectives of non-dominant communities - the opposite of inclusion.

• Avoiding examples from the immediate environment cuts learning off from learners' own lived surroundings, reducing relevance for those whose realities go unmentioned.

• Encouraging only answers from textbooks shuts out learners' own diverse experiences and voices in favour of one printed, uniform account.

Since only displaying stories and photos of people from various communities and regions brings diverse perspectives into the classroom instead of narrowing them, it is the strategy that makes the classroom inclusive.