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Grade Range: 2 - 6
This standards-based lesson for upper elementary students provides directions that guide students toward understanding different identity aspects using diverse book characters. Students work toward answering essential questions that identify similarities and differences between themselves and others and explore how stories teach us about identity. This site provides video clips, small group discussion directions, and graphic organizers to use during the lesson.
In the Classroom
Include this lesson during character education lessons that teach students about racism, bias, and identity. Use edpuzzle, <a href="/single.cfm?id=15288">reviewed here</a>, to enhance students’ viewing of the video included with the lesson. Search the YouTube portion on edpuzzle to find the video, then place the discussion questions within appropriate portions of the video. edpuzzle integrates with several learning management systems, including Canvas, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18975">reviewed here</a>, making it easy to include your annotated video as part of a larger teaching unit. As students complete their book reviews during the lesson, use FlipGrid, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17677">reviewed here</a>, to create video book reviews. Use this FlipGrid topic throughout the year to add additional book reviews for students throughout the school year. Upload the book review graphic organizer to your topic for easy access whenever students are ready to add a new review.
At Home
Use the ideas found in this lesson to discuss identity with your student and help him recognize all of the different features that describe a person’s identity.
Tags
bias, character education, racism, identity,