Essential Question
- What groups do I belong to?
- What are my identities?
- How do I know I’m part of a group?
- How do I see myself? Is it the same way others see me?
- What identities do I share with my family? What identities do I have that are different from my family?
- How do people show that they are proud of themselves?
- Does my identity mean I get to do things other kids can’t, or keep me from doing something?
- What rights do I have?
- Do all people have the same rights?
- How am I the same as other people? How am I different from other people?
- Are people all the same?
- What are the differences between how I live and how others live?
- How can I learn more about other people?
- How can I show people I like them?
- Can people who share my identity still be different from me?
- Does everyone have the same rights?
- Does everyone belong to the same groups?
- What does it mean to be unfair? In class? In school? At home? In my community? In the world?
- How do I know when people are being treated unfairly?
- How does unfairness make me feel?
- How have people been treated unfairly in the past?
- How have people stopped unfairness in the past?
- Does the way a person looks make it okay for others to be mean?
- When something is unfair does it affect everyone the same way?
- If a person is in charge, does that mean they can do anything?
- Who decides what is fair?
- How can I be kind to all people?
- What can I do to make things fair?
- How do I speak up when I see people treated unfairly?
- Why is it scary to speak up sometimes?
- How can many people speak up together when people are treated unfairly?
- How can I make the world, my class, my street, a better place?
- What steps can we take to make something better?
- When will I stand up for others?
- What has happened throughout history to people like me?
- How do I get to know others and allow others to get to know all of me?
- What does it mean to feel good about myself and how can I express that I like who I am?
- How can I be proud of who I am and celebrate others?
- How can I ask people about their lives and experiences in a respectful, kind and understanding way?
- How can I live, work and play with others when we have differences?
- Why is history important? Does it affect how people live today?
- What does it mean to be human?
- How are we members of groups but also individuals?
- What clues help me know when and how people are being treated unfairly?
- What contributions have people made to justice and fairness historically?
- When is a person’s humanity denied?
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