The Language of Identity, Difference, Discrimination and Inclusion

Essential Question

What are my identities?
Do all people have the same rights?
Does my identity mean I get to do things other kids can’t, or keep me from doing something?
What does it mean to be unfair? In class? In school? At home? In my community? In the world?
Does the way a person looks make it okay for others to be mean?

Texts

Informational

Peace Begins With You

Katherine Scholes begins this informative piece by describing the multi-facted nature of the word "peace" and what it can mean to different people at different times. Then she provides concrete ways that each of us can be a peacemaker.

Katherine Scholes

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 3, 2014

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

Literature

Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo: An Australian Tale of Name-Calling

Although carefully planned at twilight so all animals can attend, things go terribly wrong during this walkabout. The group creates such a terrible hullabaloo that Namarrkun, the lightning man, is forced to show his strength.

Jeff Sapp

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 2, 2014

Literature

Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question

In this poem, the speaker--who is Native American--responds to a series of unspoken discriminatory questions. The reader can deduce the missing questions based on the speaker's responses.

Diane Burns

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Fishbowl

Fishbowl is a strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions. Students are separated into an inner and outer circle. In the inner circle, or fishbowl, students have a discussion; students in the outer circle listen to the discussion and take notes.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, SL.3-5.1, SL.3-5.2, SL.3-5.6

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

EmmaPeaceBuilder

The Language of Identity, Difference, Discrimination and Inclusion

Peace Begins With You

Families

Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo: An Australian Tale of Name-Calling

Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question

Fishbowl

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