Social Class Does Not Determine Our Worth

Essential Question

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?
How can different groups work together for everyone’s benefit?

Texts

Literature

Eat, My Fine Coat!

Which are you more likely to notice: a person’s character or his or her clothing? Hoca has a witty response when the latter is true at a dinner he attends after a day of hard work.

Barbara Walker

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Class

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Word Work

Four-Fold Vocabulary

Interactive “foldables” help students learn new vocabulary through defining, illustrating and using words in sentences.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

L.3-5.4, L.3-5.6

July 19, 2014

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

juliekenney

Social Class Does Not Determine Our Worth

Eat, My Fine Coat!

Four-Fold Vocabulary

Identity Portraits

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