In 100 days I can

Essential Question

Can words about identity hurt people?
How can I describe ways people are different from me?
How can I ask people about their lives and experiences in a respectful, kind and understanding way?
How can I live, work and play with others when we have differences?
Is it better to do a project with people who are different from each other or with people who are more alike?

Texts

What Educators Can Do in 100 Days

At the start of a new administration, we can all recommit to working for equity in schools. Members of the Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board suggest some ways to get started.

January 4, 2021

Literature

The New Kid in Class

Mia can’t understand why the new kid, Amena, seems sad, but she learns that a little empathy can go a long way.

Kaitlin Cyca and Monita K. Bell

Grade Level

3-5

Subject

History

Topic

Religion Immigration Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

June 27, 2019

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Brain Share

During Brain Share, small groups of students rotate through stations, discussing and recording concepts from central texts. This strategy is a modified combination of gallery walks and jigsaw.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RF.3-5.4, RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, SL.3-5.1, SL.3-5.2

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Collage of Concerns

Students create visual artwork combining various images to convey diversity or social justice issues, concerns or themes related to the central text.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

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In 100 days I can

What Educators Can Do in 100 Days

The New Kid in Class

Brain Share

Collage of Concerns

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