Exploring Identities through Diversity

Essential Question

Do all people have the same rights?
How am I the same as other people? How am I different from other people?
How do I see myself? Is it the same way others see me?

Texts

Visual

Two Friends

This photograph depicts two children playing. One child has multiple disabilities and the other child does not.

Realistic Reflections

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Ability

July 2, 2014

Literature

The Prince and the Rhinoceros: An Indian Tale of Speaking Kindly

The prince and his pet rhinocerous have a special friendship. He showers her with kind words until one day he lets the thought of gold get in between his and the rhino's special bond.

Toni Knapp

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

Civics

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 3, 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

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CaitStock

Exploring Identities through Diversity

Two Friends

The Prince and the Rhinoceros: An Indian Tale of Speaking Kindly

Making Connections During Read Aloud

Buddy Share

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