81. Berenstain Bears . Caregivers . Lesson Plans | PBS Kids OUR FAMILIES Learning about the diversity of families in the classroom.Learning Areas Tolerance, diversity, Similarities and Differences http://pbskids.org/berenstainbears/caregiver/outreach_our_families.html

OUR FAMILIES Learning about the diversity of families in the classroom. Learning Areas: Tolerance, Diversity, Similarities and Differences Episode: "New Neighbors," #27A. Synopsis: The traditional-oriented Papa Bear is upset when new, "high-tech" Bears move-in next door who have very different tastes. He comes to see that everybody is different in their own way and to appreciate others for who they are. Objectives: Children will: · Talk with their household about making a class "cultural background" presentation. · Ask questions about (and identify similarities and differences in) family presentations. · Help in making a Class Family Book. Grades: PreK-1 McRel Standard: Behavioral Studies - Standard 1.1, Understands that people are alike in many ways, and different in many ways. Core Curriculum Area: Social Studies Materials Needed: letters to children's families, books describing different cultures (especially those of relevance to the class's particular make-up), camera, film, paper, drawing and writing utensils, glue or tape Write notes to the children's families/households asking them (if they are able) to sign up for a special day to share their cultures (music, stories, traditions, recipes, etc.). Explain that if they are unable to come to class, perhaps one or two items can be brought in and shared by their child(ren) that represent their culture (i.e., a recipe, story or picture).

82. Bigchalk: HomeworkCentral: For Teachers: Lesson Plans (*Diversity Awareness Mont Policy. Features Calendar October This Month Is *DiversityAwareness Month For Teachers lesson plans. AMERICAN CULTURE http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/Homework/Elementary/Regi

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83. DPTV :: Living The Dream BLACK HISTORY MONTH lesson plans HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH lessonplans NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH lesson plans http://www.wtvs.org/livingthedream/lessonplans.htm

Living the Dream Home Lesson Plans Profiles DPTV On-Air Schedules BLACK HISTORY MONTH LESSON PLANS African-American Achievement African-American Journey in the Classroom Diversity in the Classroom The Multicultural Classroom ... Africa HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH LESSON PLANS Hispanic Heritage 1 Hispanic Heritage 2 Diversity in the Classroom The Multicultural Classroom NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH LESSON PLANS Native American Heritage Diversity in the Classroom The Multicultural Classroom Search more than 3,000 free lessons and activities on PBS TeacherSource (including more than 700 plans pertinent to each: African American, Hispanic American and Native American culture)! Type in a keyword or words, then click go. Home Watch Learn What's New ... Kids

84. Science Netlinks: Lesson Index To sort the lessons by lesson title or benchmark, click on the corresponding header. SamplingRocks, K2, 9D Uncertainty. Shakey Snake, K-2, 5A diversity of Life. http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm

Technology and Inequality (3-5 ) Growth Stages 2: Middle Childh (3-5 ) Growth Stages 1: Infancy and E (3-5 ) Leonardo's Machines (6-8 ) Lessons are sorted according to grade level by default. To sort the lessons by lesson title or benchmark, click on the corresponding header. Check out our new Tools section for more great online experiences. Send us feedback Lesson Title Grade Benchmark Grades K-2 Build a Better Pencil K-2 Design and Systems Butterfly 1: Observing the Life Cycle of ... K-2 Constancy and Change Butterfly 2: A Butterfly's Home K-2 Interdependence of Life Creating Classroom Rules K-2 Cultural Effects on Behavior Erupting Volcanoes! K-2 Processes that Shape the Earth Estimation and Measurement K-2 Numbers Exploring Parts and Wholes K-2 Systems Groups We Belong To K-2

85. Animal Classification--Animals Lesson Plan (grades K-5)--DiscoverySchool.com This lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards listed below levelK2 Subject area life science Standard Knows about the diversity and unity http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/animaladaptations/

Students Teachers Parents Grades K-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 Astronomy/Space ... Health History Ancient History U.S. History World History Life Science Animals Ecology Human Body The Microscopic World ... Weather For our newsletter and special teacher promotions. K-5 > Animals Grade level: 3-5 Subject: Animals Duration: One class period Objectives Materials Procedures Adaptations ... Credit Find a video description, video clip, and discussion questions. Animal Adaptations Use our free online Teaching Tools to create custom worksheets, puzzles and quizzes on this topic! Students will understand the following: Classification is the arrangement of objects, ideas, or information into groups, the members of which have one or more characteristics in common. Classification makes things easier to find, identify, and study. Scientific classification groups all plants and animals on the basis of certain characteristics they have in common. Scientific classification uses Latin and Greek words to give each animal and plant two names (similar to a first and last name) that identify the animal or plant. For this lesson, you will need:

86. Anti-Bias Books: Skin Color Diversity Lesson Plan Web of Respect. http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Library/Yes/Lessons/Skincolor/skin.htm

Web of Respect Contents Lesson Plans Anti-Bias Books Resources ... Student Work Positive Images What Makes People Different Colors ? Grade Level : Kindergarten Objectives To show the uniqueness of one's skin color To gain a better understanding of skin color Vocabulary All skin is composed of four substances and has colors in it, brown, yellow, white, and red. These colors have special names. Yellow is carotene, red is hemoglobin, and the brown is melanin. The amount of melanin is the substance that makes people's skin different colors. melanin Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers carotene An orange-yellow to red crystalline pigment, C40H56, found in animal tissue and certain plants, such as carrots and squash. It exists in three isomeric forms and is converted to vitamin A in the liver. hemoglobin The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates, consisting of about 6 percent heme and 94 percent globin.

87. Big Bend National Park Lesson Plans 2000 Biodiversity Workshop lesson plans Activities - Resources, 2001 CulturalDiversity Workshop lesson plans - Activities - Resources. ¿Quién soy yo? http://www.nps.gov/bibe/teachers/lessonplans/lessonplans.htm

2000 Biodiversity Workshop Lesson Plans - Activities - Resources 2001 Cultural Diversity Workshop Lesson Plans - Activities - Resources Qui n soy yo? Who am I? A Great Icebreaker Activity Culture Traits Some Basics of Cultural Diversity Human Knot Working Together to save the environment Family Glyph Create a Unique Family Home Caminata de 3 Metros Discover Diversity in 3 meters! Cultural Bag Your own culture (in the bag) Biodiversity Bingo Identify Biodiversity Sequencing of Events What Came First? Mountain Lion Game Could YOU survive as a Lion? Then and Now Your Life vs. Pioneer Child Adaptionary Become "adept at adaptation" How Communities are Different Make cultural Venn diagram Habitat Lap Sit Discover the components of all habitats Archeological Thinking Uncover Clues to the Past Habitat Rummy The Real Deal Layers of the Past Become an Archeologist Conserving Big Bend NP Game The Value of National Parks Archeological Discovery Discover a Lost Culture!

88. Education World® : Lesson Planning Center: Children's Books Teach Diversity, Re In this lesson, students compare themes, characters, settings, and other aspectsof two children's books that teach diversity and respect. Objectives. http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson015.shtml

Teacher Lesson Plans Archives: VIEW ALL LESSONS Arts and Humanities ... Archives Lesson Plan L E S S O N P L A N Children's Books Teach Diversity, Respect Subjects Literature Social Sciences: Civics, Sociology Grades Brief Description In this lesson, students compare themes, characters, settings, and other aspects of two children's books that teach diversity and respect. Objectives Students will discuss terms such as values, hero, courage, bravery, respect, apathy, hostility, segregation, humiliation, intimidation, prejudice, taunt, and equality; recognize that there are universal values; recognize the importance of those values in our society; work in groups to complete a graphic organizer; build upon prior knowledge to create a final project. Keywords character, values, hero, courage, tolerance, prejudice, citizenship, respect, dictionary, team, cooperative, group, graphic organizer, Venn diagram Materials Needed The Brand New Kid, by Katie Couric Teammates, by Peter Golenbock dictionary chalk, pencils copies of a Venn diagram (possible sources: Venn Diagram Acrobat Reader required] or Venn Diagram Worksheet Lesson Plan Before the lesson, read aloud to students

89. Web Based Lesson Plans place to find lesson plans and classroom activities. BC First Nations Studies 12 Integrated Resource Package; Celebrating Our Nation's DiversityWe designed http://ss.uno.edu/SS/homePages/WebLP.html

... part of The Social Studies Web Teacher Explorer Center at the UNO "The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover." Joseph Addison LESSON PLANS USING THE INTERNET LINKS PAGE UNO Model for teaching with the Internet based on the Webquest Model. Webquest pages A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Internet Connections Teaching with Technology The World Wide Web sites collected on this page reflect the considerable variety of uses for computing and related forms of electronic technology in teaching. The Digital Classroom Primary Sources, Activities, and Training for Educators and Students Welcome to the Digital Classroom! The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) encourages teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom. The Digital Classroom provides materials from NARA, methods for teaching with primary sources, and sample lesson plans. Internet Teaching The aim of this report is to look at the various ways the Internet is being used for teaching, and to look at existing tools and projects under development at the moment.

90. The Standards Site: Numeracy Pick an area. 139 lesson plans on the Numeracy Web site. http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/numeracy/about/?a=whole_article&art_id=2882

91. Anti-Bias Books: Hair Diversity Lesson Plan Materials This lesson requires a collection of several different pictures of cornrow WebsitesDiversity Information about the controversial book Nappy Hair by http://www.newton.mec.edu/Franklin/Yes/Lessons/Hair/hair.htm

CyberLesson Contents Lesson Plans Anti-Bias Books Resources ... Student Work Positive Images Celebrating Hair Grade Level : Kindergarten Objectives To help children gain a better understanding of and appreciation for hair. To learn about the scientific reasons for differences in hair texture. To help children feel comfortable with variations in hair. Vocabulary These are terms that children should understand and use comfortably throughout the unit. follicle -a small cavity or deep bodily depression, with a narrow mouth, from which a hair might grow. afro a tightly curled hairstyle typically worn by people of African descent. style the unique way in which something is done, created, performed, or expressed. texture -the structure, feel, and appearance of something. Pre-assessment By asking the children to tell what they know before, during, and after they are presented with concepts, teachers can pre-assess children's knowledge of this subject. Use a K-W-L chart to pre-assess children's knowledge of the subject. (K = what children know, W = what children want to learn, L = what they have learned after the lesson.) Have the children work in a large group to tell what they think they know, and what they would like to learn. Keep the chart in a visible space where it can be amended as the children gain knowledge.

92. Anti-Bias Books: Religious Diversity Lesson Plan scenes that portray much of the emotion within the plot.) Write the children's responseson chart paper and save them for future activities within this lesson. http://www.newton.mec.edu/Franklin/Yes/Lessons/Friendship/elijah.htm

CyberLesson Contents Lesson Plans Anti-Bias Books Resources ... Student Work The Power of Friendship Grade Level : Fourth Objectives To discuss and define friendship between individuals who differ in religion, age, and/or race To analyze and interpret the main character's feelings about his devotion to his own religion and his ability to have a friendship with a person of another faith. To learn how an author uses flashbacks to convey the characters' feelings. To use a story map to link these flashbacks to the conflict and resolution of the story. To learn about the value of symbols to reflect a person's cultural and religious traditions. Vocabulary The vocabulary below is a short list of key words and concepts taken from the book. Definition of these terms can facilitate discussions detailed in the lessons. As religion is a topic that tends to be highly interpretive, the definitions below are suggestions based upon the book and other resources. friendship see lesson plan to create a class definition Menorah candelabra used for the Jewish holiday of Chanukah To sculpt or carve; engrave. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.

93. Mathematics And Science PREL's Work- Resources For M/S Educators-Lesson Plans lesson plans and Instructional Units Pathfinder Teaching and LearningUnits HTML (18K) PDF (1.3M) These are marinerelated environmental http://www.prel.org/work/ms/rsc/lp.asp

Educational Technology Health Professional Development School Reform ... Service Providers Lesson Plans and Instructional Units Pathfinder Teaching and Learning Units HTML PDF These are marine-related environmental education units developed by Pacific island educators. Ask Dr. Math www.vrd.org/locator/sites/drmath.shtml This site is a question and answer forum for all levels of mathematics. Previously asked questions are archived by topic and grade level. AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons The AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States. Columbia Education Center Mathematics Lesson Plans archives.math.utk.edu:80/k12.html This site provides links to several other sites that contain mathematics lesson plans. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) of Classroom Lessons www.enc.org/weblinks/lessonplans

94. The Standards Site: Literacy 125 lesson plans on the Literacy web site. http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/literacy/about/?a=whole_article&art_id=3048

95. Instructional Materials In Multiculturalism Instructional Resources Their lesson plans selection has lesson plans related to CelebratingDiversity In this year long multidisciplinary unit, intermediate http://www.cln.org/subjects/mc_inst.html

Instructional Materials in Multiculturalism Below are the CLN "Theme Pages" which focus on specific topics within Multiculturalism. CLN's theme pages are collections of useful Internet educational resources within a narrow curricular topic and contain links to two types of information. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme. Canadian Immigration Theme Page Countries Theme Page GenealogyTheme Page Masks Theme Page General Multiculturalism Resources Here are a number of links to other Internet resources which contain information and/or other links related to Multiculturalism. Please read our Ask Asia: Instructional Resources Their "lesson plans" selection has lesson plans related to Asia, many of which include links to related readings, images, or classroom activities. There are also instructional materials (readings, downloadable images and maps), and links to other Asian resources. Additional resources on this page include bibliographies, reviews, and resource locators. Celebrating Diversity In this year long multidisciplinary unit, intermediate students find similarities and differences between cultures and research one specific country.

96. Education World® : Lesson Planning Center : Teacher Lesson Plans : Louis Braill lesson PLAN. Reading Without Seeing Louis Braille and the BrailleAlphabet. feedback from parents. lesson Plan Source. VaReane Heese http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/00-1/lesson0013.shtml

Teacher Lesson Plans Archives: VIEW ALL LESSONS Arts and Humanities ... Arts and Humanities Lesson Plan L E S S O N P L A N Reading Without Seeing: Louis Braille and the Braille Alphabet Subject: Special Education History, Our Bodies Grade: Brief Description In this lesson, students explore the Braille alphabet and the contributions Louis Braille made to society. Objectives Students learn about Louis Braille and the Braille alphabet and explore some of the challenges people with impaired vision might face. Keywords Louis Braille, Braille alphabet, blindness, disabilities, senses Materials Needed computers with Internet access, Braille History , overhead projector or chalkboard, small paper bags, alphabet blocks, alphabet ink stamps, The Braille Alphabet , paper punch, construction paper, glue sticks, index cards, student journals Lesson Plan Begin by sharing a bit of background information on Louis Braille at the Braille History site. Discuss with students what having impaired vision might be like. Record students' thoughts on an overhead projector or a chalkboard. Distribute a few alphabet blocks in a bag, and ask students to identify each letter by feeling it. Discuss the results. Was the method successful? Why or why not?

97. Education World® : Lesson Planning Center : Lesson Plans : Johannes Gutenberg A Home lesson Planning lesson Plan. lesson PLAN. newspapers; paper;pens or pencils; PowerPoint software (optional). lesson Plan. Ask http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2178.shtml

Lesson Planning Center Archives: All Articles by Date The Arts ... Lesson Planning Lesson Plan L E S S O N P L A N Click here to return to the article Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press Subject: Language Arts, Social Sciences, Ed. Technology Grade: Brief Description Students use library or online sources to create time lines of the life of Johannes Gutenberg and tell the impact his invention, the printing press, had on the development of newspapers. Objectives Students learn about Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press. Students sequence historical events about the life of Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press in chronological order. Keywords newspaper, time line, Johannes Gutenberg, printing press, library, Internet Materials Needed computers with Internet access, printouts from the online sources listed in the Lesson Plan, or library sources about the history of newspapers paper pens or pencils PowerPoint software (optional) Lesson Plan Ask students to define the term time line and to give examples of information that appears in time lines. Introduce Johannes Gutenberg, and tell students that they will each create a time line about the life of Johannes Gutenberg and about how his invention, the printing press, influenced the development of newspapers. The following are good Web sites: Johannes Gutenberg Johannes Gutenberg Biography Media History Timeline: Johannes Gutenberg Johannes Gutenberg and the Printed Book ... Publishing Timeline Assessment Evaluate students' time lines.

98. AT&T Learning Network AT T ENRICH These high school biology lesson plans were created by Chicago teachersto incorporate engagedlearning principles and technology as an enabler for http://www.att.com/learningnetwork/teachers/lesson.html

A-Z Index AskERIC The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a nationwide information network that acquires, catalogs, summarizes, and provides access to education information from all sources. ERIC produces a variety of publications and provides extensive user assistance, including AskERIC, an electronic question answering service for teachers. The ERIC system includes 16 subject-specific Clearinghouses. AccessERIC Provides ERIC-related publications and directories, including a pocket guide to ERIC, a directory of ERIC resource collections and a series of parent brochures. ERICNews Free electronic newsletter on the latest ERIC initiatives, products, and services. Awesome Library Includes links to the top 5 percent of sites in the field of K-12 education. Beyond Books A standards-based online curriculum for secondary schools. Subjects include social studies, language arts and literature, science and more. Classroom Connect The Classroom Connect Web site is designed to help K-12 educators around the globe in three ways: (1) to locate and use the best K-12 educational resources the Internet has to offer; (2) to interact with colleagues; and (3) to discover how Classroom Connect newsletters, videos, books, training systems, and conferences can help them make the most of the Internet in their classrooms. Core Knowledge Lesson Plans These lesson plans offer ideas for a variety of ways to teach Core Knowledge topics and suggest helpful resources for teachers and students. The goal of the Core Knowledge Foundation is to provide all children, regardless of background, with the shared knowledge they need to be included in our national literate culture.

99. Culture Page grade level and the theme of Culture. Primary Level lesson plans. CulturalDiversity in Nebraska. Upper Elementary Level lesson plans. http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/c.html

Information, Resources, Activities, Lesson Plans, and Dates that pertain to the theme Culture will appear here, Keep watching Culture The following resource sites are related to the theme of Culture and were recently added Check them out! Sarah Zupko's Cutlural Studies Center For those lucky few allowed to write term papers about popular culture, Sarah Zupko's site will help them wax academic about everything from Star Trek to post-Soviet subculture. This Virtual Community began as a simple, personal list of diversity-related Internet resources. For those of us far from home, it is a means of keeping in touch with our communities. It is also a good place to begin learning about others, different than us. Planet Youth "Planet Youth" provides information on Boys and Girls Clubs, sports, fitness, culture, community and the environment. Planet Youth also provides access to links to the Native American culture, history, education and arts and sciences. One Day In Peace, January1. 2000 This online book conveys the idea of world peace through children working in their own homes and schools. Coming to the USA - Immigration Nationwide, the United States is in an immigration boom. As the 20th century draws to a close, immigration levels are higher than they've been since the century began. Nearly 1.2 million immigrants are arriving in the USA every year, about 900,000 legally and an estimated 275,000 illegally. Explore more USA Today infomation on the topic of immigration

100. Online Distance Learning - World Affairs lesson plans designed by the US Census Bureau around the theme ofdiversity. Elementary and juniorsenior high school editions. http://projects.edte.utwente.nl/ism/online96/project/kiosk/team12/exs12.htm

Examples from practice We have added 8 examples from practice. These can be used as lesson plan or as additive to your lessons. Some of the lesson plans are the result of the work of the teachers who have attended the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshop CEC is a consortium of teacher from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States, and particularly the quality of math and science Education. In this table we give you an overview of the subjects of the available lessons: Cultural spaces Family history Civil Rights Religious Tolerance ... Other examples Lesson Plans ERIC Lesson Plans for All Social Studies Subjects (K-12). More than one hundred lesson plans from ERIC to explore and use in your own class. Designed by teachers, each lesson plan includes an overview, purpose, objectives, activities, and resource materials. Big Sky Lesson Plans. Another one hundred or so lesson plans from Big Sky for American History, Economics, Geography, Government, and other social studies areas for you to try in your classroom. Lesson Plans and Activities from Houghton Mifflin.

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