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People Are Like Peas in a Pod

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students experiment with peapods to show the diversity of individual within a population. They examine dominant traits, recessive traits, genotypes, and phenotypes and show the process of making a Punnett Square.
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How Can Librarians Work To Eliminate Cultural Bias In The Organization Of Information?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore the complexities of organizing information and to support librarians in developing strategies for reducing cultural bias. Students extend strategies to help raise solutions. Students list a variety of definitions on bias...
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HIV/AIDS: Our Fear, Our Misery

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students in an ESL classroom brainstorm their thoughts, fears and perceptions about HIV/AIDS. In groups, they review how one contracts the virus and how it affects them and their families. They read true stories about people living...
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Cinderella: A Story Found in Many Cultures

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore, discuss and examine fairy-tale and make-believe stories. They assess two different types of Cinderella stories to surface a broader look at cultural diversity. Students construct a Venn Diagram or a chart of the...
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Anne Frank: Courage and Responsibility

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore, examine and trace the development of modern Europe from 1900 to the present. They identify and assess the attitudes during this time period toward discrimination and become more aware of their sensitivity to...
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Does It Looks All Right to Me?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students examine the accomplishments of Civil Rights leaders' as works of philanthropy. Students read literature regarding diversity and study the Selma to...
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Cinderella Map Key

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students design a map key in order to show where the different Cinderella stories have taken place. In this map key lesson plan, students place symbols on a map to show the diversity of the stories.
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Taking a Closer Look at Religions Around the World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore diversity. In this religious studies lesson, students develop their knowledge and understanding of world religions as they use Internet and print sources to research Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and...
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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the concepts of family and community. In this diversity lesson, students read Bear About Town and then design and build their own classroom neighborhood homes out of individual shoeboxes.
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Friendship in the Media

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss what characteristics friendship has and the traits that make people unique.  In this friendship lesson plan, 2nd graders talk about what friendship looks like in the media.  In groups, students think...
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Demystifying Stereotypes and Understanding

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate cultural diversity. In this Asian cultures lesson, students discuss the attributes of cultures and participate in a classroom simulation that requires them to experience Asian cultural norms and compare them to...
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Anthem Theme of Philosophical Viewpoints

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of philisophical viewpoints in Anthem. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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Storytelling: Writers' Workshop Learning Center

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Evaluating a variety of narrative texts can help build strong writers. Pupils identify plot elements and their relation to personal experience, then apply what they gleaned from the class discussion to create their own narratives.
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too #6

For Teachers Pre-K - K
We are All Alike…We Are All Different is the springboard for the creation of an illustrated book in which young writers record their impression of themselves, their families, and their interests. Sharing the completed books in circle...
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too #3

For Teachers K
Students explore the meaning of unique and special. They study about why a birthday is significant. They investigate how families celebrate birthdays in different ways and they reflect on why growing up is a good thing.
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I am Special and You are Special Too - Project Children L.E.A.D.

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders recognize what makes them special through class participation and discussion of rap music, writing a poem about themselves, and designing their own special hat while working in groups.
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too #5

For Teachers K - 3rd
The student create a drawing of themselves through the use of multicultural people color crayons. They explain to a teacher what makes them special. Students investigate family types, skin color, eye color, hair color, and favorites.
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Friday Forum (Day 4)

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Have your young speakers participate in a discussion/debate with their whole class on their prepared argument. They listen and analyze other student's arguments and refute arguments using logic and not emotion.
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Athletes And Gay Teammates

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research the issues surrounding gay athletes and the way their leagues, their teammates and their fans react. They interview local athletes about their views and present their findings to the class.
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Math: Matching Rods and Religion

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Math and religious studies are integrated together using using cuisenaire rods and Kid Pix for this problem-solving exercise. In pairs, they match different colored rods to represent various groups of people. Meanwhile, learners at...
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Identifying Birds

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify and name birds in their school yard by comparing and contrasting pictures of 12 common birds in the Phoenix metro area using the Ecology Explorers Protocol. They formulate questions based on observations that lead...
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Heads Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
To celebrate cultural diversity and multicultural awareness, learners explore the nature of headwear used around the world. They brainstorm the types of headwear they've seen, and then discuss why people wear coverings on their heads....
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Diversity Tiles

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners examine various cultures and create a classroom quilt. They discuss family traditions and their heritage. Using Crayola Model Magic, students create a tile and decorate it with their favorite family traditions. Class tiles are...
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Diversity of Languages

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students interpret graphs and statistics to recognise and understand the cultural and linguistic diversity of Australia. They create a profile of the linguistic diversity of the class or school. Students discuss Australia's cultural...

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