Question for Identity and Equality-Is it worth the risks?

Essential Question

What are the benefits and challenges of belonging to multiple identity groups?
What is the difference between feeling proud and feeling superior?
Why might people not feel safe to express all their identities?
What are the benefits and challenges of living in a diverse society?
How can we make connections across our differences?

Texts

Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice

While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work is often sugarcoated, it’s important to teach that King championed economic justice and taught Black self-love while also pushing back against neutrality, imperialism and systemic racism.

January 13, 2020

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

Student Tasks

Do Something

Identity Portraits

Students interview one another, then draw or paint portraits containing symbols that represent the subject’s identity, beliefs, values or areas of interest.

Grade Level

3-5

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

MFlanigan

Question for Identity and Equality-Is it worth the risks?

Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice

The New Kid in Class

Identity Portraits

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