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Diversity

By hpetti1
Grade Level
K-2
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LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How can I learn more about other people?
  • How can I show people I like them?
  • What are the differences between how I live and how others live?
  • How am I the same as other people? How am I different from other people?
  • Do different people feel the same way?
  • Does everyone have the same rights?
Texts
Literature

10,000 Dresses

Every night Bailey dreams about dresses, but each day his mother, father, and brother remind him that he is a boy and dresses aren't for him. Finally, he finds a friend who embraces both his love for dresses and the individual he feels he is inside.
by
Marcus Ewert
Grade Level
K-2 3-5
Topic
Gender & Sexual Identity
Social Justice Domain
Identity Justice
July 2, 2014
Literature

One Million Men and Me

Based on a true person, this story is told from the perspective of a little girl whose dad took her to the Million Man March—where she saw the tears, happiness, and chants of men banding together for a common purpose.
by
Kelly Starling Lyons
Grade Level
K-2 3-5
Subject
Civics
History
Economics
Geography
Topic
Civil Rights Movement Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Action
July 7, 2014
Teaching Strategies
Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Realia

Realia are real-life objects that enable children to make connections to their own lives as they try to make sense of new concepts and ideas. This strategy brings the Perspectives central text to life for students by using everyday objects during the read aloud.
Grade Level
K-2
CCSS
RL.K-2.1, RL.K-2.2, RL.K-2.3, RI.K-2.1, RI.K-2.2, RI.K-2.3
July 13, 2014
Student Tasks
Do Something

Buddy Share

Students choose a mode of expression—e.g., writing, art or storytelling—to share theme-related ideas and feelings with a “buddy” from outside the classroom.
Grade Level
K-2
July 13, 2014
Plan Built By
hpetti1

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