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Exploring Diversity Through Text

By olson2jm
Grade Level
3-5
private
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How can I describe ways people are different from me?
  • Can words about identity hurt people?
  • 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?
Texts
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
Close and Critical Reading

Question-Answer Relationships (QAR)

QAR gives students practice questioning the text and identifying literal and inferential questions. Students learn to find different types of evidence and to rely on their own interpretation when doing close reading.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, RF.3-5.4
July 19, 2014
Student Tasks
Do Something

Community Mural / Poster Campaign

Students create a large-scale artistic depiction in a community space. As an alternative to the community mural, students can create a set of informational posters that reflect a diversity topic or social justice theme.
Grade Level
3-5
July 13, 2014
Plan Built By
olson2jm

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