Importance of Family Culture, Belief System, and Values

Essential Question

How does culture help us in every day life?
How am I the same as other people? How am I different from other people?
What are the differences between how I live and how others live?

Texts

Visual

Sikh Eyechart for America

This cartoon eye chart tests for perfect vision, which sees beyond stereotypes and bias and encourages a lens of compassion.

Vishavjit Singh

Grade Level

Topic

Religion

November 18, 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

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

jenniferlandis211

Importance of Family Culture, Belief System, and Values

Sikh Eyechart for America

Making Connections During Read Aloud

Identity Self-Portraits

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