Gratitude

Essential Question

How can I be grateful for who I am and celebrate others?
What does it mean to show gratitude and how can that impact others?

Texts

Literature

Echoes

You can see, hear, feel, and taste the injustice, frustration, and naiveté experienced at this ladies' get together.

Pat Mora

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Class Immigration Race & Ethnicity

July 3, 2014

Literature

Maleeka gets made fun of at school about her clothes, her grades, even the color of her skin. In this chapter, one of her teachers, with white blotches on her face, shows how she's been able to accept the skin she's in.

Sharon Flake

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

July 3, 2014

Informational

Families

This excerpt explains that families are defined by love, caring and sharing, not the number or gender of its members.

Ann Morris

Grade Level

K-2 3-5 6-8

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Class Immigration

November 7, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Word Work

Concept Sort

A concept sort is a comprehension strategy in which students sort new vocabulary into categories.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

L.3-5.4, L.3-5.5, L.3-5.6

July 19, 2014

Word Work

Illustrated Vocabulary

In this visual strategy, students divide vocabulary words into parts and draw illustrations to represent the separate meaning of each part.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

L.6-12.4, L.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Act Up! Drama for Justice

Students write and perform a skit or monologue that brings awareness to a specific issue addressed in the text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Do Something

Artistic Expression Showcase

Students produce original art (visual art, music, drama or poetry) that conveys an anti-bias or social justice message. Students then plan a public showcase of their work.

Grade Level

3-5

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

Nina47

Gratitude

Echoes

The Skin I'm In (Chapter 4)

Families

Concept Sort

Illustrated Vocabulary

Act Up! Drama for Justice

Artistic Expression Showcase

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Gratitude

Echoes

The Skin I'm In (Chapter 4)

Families

Concept Sort

Illustrated Vocabulary

Act Up! Drama for Justice

Artistic Expression Showcase

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