Culturally Responsive Biases Lesson Plan

Essential Question

What privileges do I have that others don’t?

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

Teaching Strategies

Word Work

Personal Picture Dictionary

A personal picture dictionary is an individual vocabulary and spelling resource students make themselves.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RI.3-5.4, RL.3-5.4, RF.3-5.4, L.3-5.4, L.3-5.5, L.3-5.6

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

Fact or Opinion

Fact or Opinion asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and analytical writing skills.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2, W.3.4, W.4.4, W.5.4, W.4.9, W.5.9

July 19, 2014

Do Something

Community Mural / Poster Campaign

Students create a large-scale artistic depiction in a community space. As an alternative to the community mural, students can create a set of informational posters that reflect a diversity topic or social justice theme.

Grade Level

3-5

July 13, 2014

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Culturally Responsive Biases Lesson Plan

Peace Begins With You

Personal Picture Dictionary

Fact or Opinion

Community Mural / Poster Campaign

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