This week, I worked with Caryn Lindsay to revise the Kindergarten Lesson for the Prejudice Reduction Workshops sponsored by the Greater Mankato Diversity Council. This was a great project for me because it combined many activities that I like to do: writing, teaching, early childhood education, and prejudice reduction. Here is the Similar and Different lesson that we turned in this morning. The general ideas were based on curriculum from a group in Rochester, MN.
The goals for the lesson were:
- Students will know that each person has some qualities that are very much the same or alike or similar to other people. These are called ‘similarities.’
- Students will know that each person has some qualities that are not at all alike or the same or different than other people. These are called ‘differences.’
- Students will express willingness to respect similarities and differences so that they become friends and play and work together.
Here is the lesson outline:
- Introductions (7 minutes)
- Activity: Similar & Different Circle (10 minutes)
- Reading: All the Colors of the Earth (7 minutes)
- Activity: Magic Coloring Book (3 minutes)
- Conclusion: Summary & Evaluation (2 minutes)