Celebrating Our Differences

Essential Question

How can I describe and compare my group identities with those of other people?
How can I describe ways people are different from me?
Can words about identity hurt people?

Texts

Literature

Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo: An Australian Tale of Name-Calling

Although carefully planned at twilight so all animals can attend, things go terribly wrong during this walkabout. The group creates such a terrible hullabaloo that Namarrkun, the lightning man, is forced to show his strength.

Jeff Sapp

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 2, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Word Work

Four-Fold Vocabulary

Interactive “foldables” help students learn new vocabulary through defining, illustrating and using words in sentences.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

L.3-5.4, L.3-5.6

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

Agree or Disagree

Agree or Disagree? asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and comparative writing skills.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

W.3-5.1, W.3-5.4, W.4-5.9

July 19, 2014

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Celebrating Our Differences

Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo: An Australian Tale of Name-Calling

Four-Fold Vocabulary

Agree or Disagree

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