First Grade Diversity Lesson Plan

Teacher: Ashley Vidal

Date: 6/27/2017

Book Title: Whoever You Are

Author: Mem Fox

Publication Date: 1998

Grade Level: Prekindergarten 2nd grade

Multicultural Theme(s)
Tolerance (gender, racial, religious, and cultural)
Unity
Diversity
Acceptance

Materials:
Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
Pencils
Crayon
Scissors
Different colored construction paper
Googly eyes
Puzzle shaped, pre-labeled All about me writing paper (name, birthday, family,
hero, hobby, and when I grow up)

Nevada Academic Content Standard(s)

Identify words and phrases in stories or poems
that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and
information provided by the words in a text.
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
a. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. b. Read grade-level text
orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding,
rereading as necessary.

Objective(s):
 Students will be able to learn acceptance and awareness of diversity all
around them in the class discussion of the theme of the book with 90%
accuracy.
Students will construct and put together their puzzle pieces together as
a class. Through this, they will learn more about their classmates as
well as unity with 98% accuracy.

Procedure:
Introduce: I will begin by saying: I want everyone to put their arms out and look
at it. Then look at your classmates next to you. Do you all look the same? No. But
you are all kids and we are all human. Then introduce the book Whoever You Are
by Mem Fox.
Read the book to the entire class.
Discuss as a whole group, and we will discuss the following questions:
1. What did you notice while reading this book?
2. What are some of the differences we may have from others according to this
book?
3. Even though the kids were different from each other in the book, were they
mean to each other? What were they doing?
4. What did the book say that we all have in common?
5. How should we treat others even if they are different?

Activities:
First activity: With the materials, students will make a self-portrait of themselves out
of construction paper. This will include them choosing a variety of colored
construction paper to represent their skin color, hair color, eyes, and etc.
Second activity: on the pre-labeled puzzle piece paper, they will fill in the following
topics: name, birthday, family, hero, hobby, and when I grow up. They will glue
their self-portrait on this large puzzle piece paper. Then as a class, they will have to
figure out how to put all their puzzle pieces together so that we can hang it up
outside of our classroom for others to see our diverse classroom.

Evaluation:
 As they put their puzzle pieces together, I will observe how they treat each other to
evaluate whether they apply the theme of tolerance and unity.
During the class discussion of the book, I will listen for their answers to see if they
have comprehended the moral or lesson (acceptance, tolerance, unity, and diversity)
of the book.