How does where you live influence your educational endeavors and opportunities?

What makes us who we are?

How are people similar to and different from each other?

How can we make connections across our differences?

What is the relationship between diversity and belonging?

What makes us who we are?

How are you different and your own person?

What groups do I belong to?
What are my identities?
How do I know I’m part of a group?
How do I see myself? Is it the same way others see me?
What identities do I share with my family? What identities do I have that are different from my family?

From a teachers perspective:
How can I describe ways people are different from me?
Can words about identity hurt people?
How can I describe and compare my group identities with those of other people?
How can I ask people about their lives and experiences in a respectful, kind and understanding way?

How can we be more aware and better prepared to practice social awareness and encourage social justice?

What makes us who we are?
How are our identities today shaped by society?
How can we identify and understand our biases?

What have you learned about the systematic way that the Japanese and Japanese Americans were dehumanized following the Executive Order 9066 was put into action after the bombing of Pearl Harbor ushering the U.S. into World War II?

What have you learned about the systematic way that the Nazis began to dehumanize Jewish people during World War II?

How is...

What is Literacy?

How might a woman as the first woman of color to be elected as Vice President influence our democracy?

What are group identities and how do they describe me? Others?
How can I be proud of who I am and celebrate others?
What does it feel like to be belittled or criticized because of your identity?