What are Families

Essential Question

Do they understand what a family is ?
Do they undrstand that all faimlies are different ?
What identities do I share with my family? What identities do I have that are different from my family?

Texts

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

Responding to the Read-Aloud Text

Cracking the Code

During Cracking the Code, students examine texts for bias related to race, gender, class, religion, age and sexual orientation, among other identity categories.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RL.K-2.1, RL.K-2.2, RL.K-2.3, RL.K-2.6, RL.K-2.7, RI.K-2.1, RI.K-2.2, RI.K-2.6, RI.K-2.7

July 19, 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

Plan Built By

Snaksack21

What are Families

Families

Cracking the Code

Collage of Concerns

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