Embracing Diversity

Essential Question

How can we embrace diversity?

Texts

Literature

The Skin I'm In (Chapter 3)

Maleeka gets made fun of at school about her clothes, her grades, even the color of her skin. In this chapter, she talks about getting teased on a school trip and how even her friend Char was ashamed to be seen with her because of her clothes.

Sharon Flake

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Affirmation Interview

During Affirmation Interview, students practice verbal and non-verbal communication in the roles of “interviewer” and “interviewee.”

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, SL.3-5.1

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Identity Portraits

Students interview one another, then draw or paint portraits containing symbols that represent the subject’s identity, beliefs, values or areas of interest.

Grade Level

3-5

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

Salharbi9

Embracing Diversity

The Skin I'm In (Chapter 3)

Affirmation Interview

Identity Portraits

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