Exploring Skin Tones and Celebrating Diversity

Essential Question

How do I see myself? Is it the same way others see me?
What identities do I share with my family? What identities do I have that are different from my family?
Do all people have the same rights?
How am I the same as other people? How am I different from other people?
What do you think/notice about the different skin tones?
How come there is so many skin tones in the world?
How come your palm of your hand is different from other part of your body?
I wonder what melanin is?
Look around all the different shades of skin tones. How would you describe your own skin tone? What color would you use to describe your skin tone?
What would happen if a person told you that they couldn't play with you because they had a different skin color than yours. How would it make you feel?
How can I show people I like them?

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

Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo: An Australian Tale of Name-Calling

Although carefully planned at twilight so all animals can attend, things go terribly wrong during this walkabout. The group creates such a terrible hullabaloo that Namarrkun, the lightning man, is forced to show his strength.

Jeff Sapp

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 2, 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

Developing Language to Talk About Texts

This strategy gives students tools to use when exploring, thinking about and discussing read-aloud texts.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RL.K-2.3

July 13, 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

Plan Built By

mayersan

Exploring Skin Tones and Celebrating Diversity

Two Friends

Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo: An Australian Tale of Name-Calling

Creating Questions to Engage Critically with Texts

Developing Language to Talk About Texts

Identity Self-Portraits

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