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Exploring Identity Through Geographical & Cultural Backgrounds

By lsutton
Grade Level
K-2
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LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • Where did I come from?
  • What about my origins influences who I am today?
  • What role do the places my family came from play in my identity?
  • How do I choose to identify myself?
  • How does the place where I live influence who I am?
Texts
Literature

My Name was Hussein

Hussein, the narrator of My Name Was Hussein, lives in Bulgaria. His Muslim family takes great pride in their religion and traditions. But soldiers soon arrive in their village and force all of the Muslims to adopt Christian names, thereby inhibiting their freedom and identities.
by
Hristo Kyuchukov
Grade Level
K-2 3-5
Subject
Civics
History
Economics
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Religion Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Identity Justice
July 7, 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

Creating Questions to Engage Critically with Texts

This strategy provides tools to create questions that help students engage critically with Perspectives central texts and examine them for issues of power and social inequity. The activities suggested here also encourage readers to bring their knowledge and experiences to the reading of a text.
Grade Level
K-2
CCSS
RL.K-2.1, RL.K-2.2, RL.K-2.3, RL.K-2.6, RI.K-2.1, RI.K-2.2, RI.K-2.3, RI.K-2.6
July 16, 2014
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
Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Student Journals

Student journals are a collection of students’ written and illustrated predictions, reactions, understandings and questions based on Perspectives central text read alouds.
Grade Level
K-2
CCSS
RL.K-2.1, RL.K-2.2, RL.K-2.3, RL.K-2.6, RL.K-2.7, RI.K-2.1, RI.K-2.2, RI.K-2.3, RI.K-2.6, RI.K-2.7, W.K-2.2
July 13, 2014
Responding to the Read-Aloud Text

Author's Chair

Using either a Perspectives central text or their original work, children take on the role of “author,” reading the text aloud and facilitating a class discussion.
Grade Level
K-2
CCSS
RL.K-2.9, RI.K-2.9, RF.K-2.4
July 19, 2014
Student Tasks
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
Do Something

Oral Interviews

Students conduct interviews and record personal experiences focused on a specific theme. They synthesize and present the information as a drawing, poster, paragraph or bulletin board.
Grade Level
K-2
July 13, 2014
Plan Built By
lsutton

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