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Diversity Lesson Plan

By salchi
Grade Level
K-2
private
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How am I the same as other people? How am I different from other people?
  • Do different people feel the same way?
  • What are the differences between how I live and how others live?
Texts
Literature

Why Frogs and Snakes Never Play Together A Pourquoi of Prejudice A PLAY IN 3 ACTS

A chance meeting of a family of frogs and a family of snakes in the woods one day allows wonderful new friendships to be made. Later, when the siblings tell their parents about their new friends, they are told never to play together again. Find out why in this easy-to-produce play that teaches about the serious topic of prejudice.
by
Jeff Sapp
Grade Level
K-2
Subject
Civics
Geography
Topic
Bullying & Bias
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice
July 5, 2014
Teaching Strategies
Responding to the Read-Aloud Text

Making Connections During Read Aloud

Students make connections to read-aloud texts by relating the text to themselves (lived experiences), to other texts (read in any setting) and to the world (current and historical events)
Grade Level
K-2
CCSS
RL.K-2.9, RI.K-2.9
July 19, 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
Do Something

Fairness Fair

Students work in groups to role-play or tell stories about real life situations related to fairness, community, diversity or social justice themes. Students then perform their skits or stories for others as part of a class-wide “fairness fair.”
Grade Level
K-2
July 13, 2014
Do Something

Identity Self-Portraits

Students create visual self-portraits that contain symbols representing the student’s identity, beliefs, values or areas of interest related to diversity, anti-bias or social justice.
Grade Level
K-2
July 13, 2014
Plan Built By
salchi

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