Lesson Plans for Diversity

By: Molly Zilgalvis

And

Katie Stump

Table of Contents

• General• Resources• Age• Belief

System/Religion• Class• Exceptionalities

• Disabilities• Gender• Language• Race/Ethnicity• Sexual Orientation

Visual/Aesthetic Environment

• Classroom contains images of all the students, staff, and family in your classroom.

• Women and men shown equal to each other through pictures.

• Images of diversity and family styles.

• Artwork that reflects different cultures represented in the classroom.

• Images of important individuals throughout history.

• Class contains visuals of different cultures, ages, genders, and disabilities.

• Images that reflect current events in the country.

Toys and Materials

• Classrooms should contain materials that show diverse backgrounds.

• Books should reflect different social values and attitudes.

• Toys should represent different cultures or genders.

• Children should hear music that reflects different cultural styles.

• Children should be able to see and hear various languages.

All activities can be modified to fit appropriate grade level.

General Diversity

• http://www.diversityweb.org/

• http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/

• http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/

• http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/diversity1.html

• http://www.teachercreated.com/links/diverse.html

Resources

• http://ctl.unc.edu/tfitoc.html• http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/support/diversity/di

v02.html• http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/notes/9/diverse.html• http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachdiv

e/• http://www.pbs.org/kcts/preciouschildren/diversit

y/

Age

• http://www.childrensdefense.org/

• http://www.gocrc.com/

• http://www.crin.org/

• http://webhome.idirect.com/~mccan/index.html

• http://www.elderweb.com/

Age: 5 activities

1-Find five people from the 1940s and briefly describe their background.

2-List and range all members from your family from oldest to youngest.

3-Add up all ages in your class, and find the mean, median, mode of the class.

4-Grandparents day

5-Take a survey of how many kids range in each grade level.

Belief Systems/Religion

• http://www.ffrf.org/issues/pray.html

• http://aril.or/World.html

• http://www.fac.org/pubicat/parents/parents.htm

• http://www.socialstudies.com/c/Pages/worldreligions.html

• http://www.fote.org/religion/religion.htm

Belief System/Religion: 5 activities

1-Explain how different cultures celebrate their holidays.

2-Have children look up different types of religions.

3-Have children visit different temples, churches, etc.

4-Have children list different religions that they are aware of.

5-Discuss how we do not put down other religions.

Class

• http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/CLASS/bibA.html

• http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/celebration.html

• http://www.inlink.com/~tfc/class.html• http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1064/• http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/clas

ses/ECN258/undercla.htm

Class: 5 activities

1-Have children play the Oregon Trail.

2- “Survival List”-list items needed to survive.

3-Visit a homeless shelter.

4-Have children list different social classes throughout history.

5-Discussion about discrimination acts between different social classes.

Exceptionalities/Disabilities

• http://www.kidstogether.org/pep-1st.htm

• http://www.NICHCY.org/

• http://www.nectas.unc.edu/

• http://www.deafed.net/

• http://www.acb.org/

Exceptionalities/Disabilities-5 activities

1-Read the children the story The Balancing Girl

2-Relay race with children on crutches.

3-Wheelchair basketball

4-Blindfold children and pair them up to guide each other through tasks.

5-At the end of activities, have a rap up session about having a disability.

Gender

• http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/teachingtips.html.

• http://www.advancingwomen.com/womedu.html

• http://www.feminist.org/

• http://www.nas.com/c4m/

• http://osu.orst.edu/~huj/512/ccc.html

Gender: 5 activities

1-Have children place chairs in circle, let them look around and see who they sit by, and talk about why they chose that seat.

2-Have children write an essay about if they were born the opposite sex, how would their lives be different.

3-Have children list different occupations, and decide what gender they think is more likely to work in that field.

4-Find the ratio of girl to boy in the school.

5-Discuss the gender gaps in sports at their school.

Language

• http://www.csulb.edu/~clmer/pswrtc/biled.htm

• http://www.unhcr.ch/teach/teach/htm

• http://www.terralinua.org/

• http://esl.net/

• http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/biling-fam.html

Language: 5 activities1-Play a tape of a song from different languages. For example, Frere Jacques.

2-Teach the children how to sign their name.

3-Teach children the word “hello” in numerous languages.

4-Place children in small groups, and have them list how many languages they know.

5-Tie activities together, by discussing that English is not the only language.

Race/Ethnicity

• http://info.med.yale.edu/comer/

• http://newavanna.com/gravity/toppages.html

• http://latinoweb.com/

• www.nativeweb.org

• http://www.cencus.gov

Race/Ethnicity: 5 activities

1- “Matching Game” students will be given specific number of cards, and teacher will have master set. Ex. Teacher will hold up “Dog”. Children may show different types of dogs to match.

2-Have children find one thing in common with each classmate and compare results by taking a pole.

3- “Name Sharing” children are paired up, and talk about their names. (how, why, where)

4-Read a book called, We are all special.

5-Group discussion about races in their school.

Sexual Orientation

• http://www.apa.or/pubinfo/orient.html

• http://www.noah-health.org/

• http://www.alebc.org/

• http://www.hrc.org/

• http://www.intac.com/~jdeck/habib/about.html

Sexual Orientation: activities???

This subject is only appropriate for upper grade levels. Activities could vary. Class could start off with a discussion about this issue, and see how comfortable the students are, and decide where to go from there.