Lesson Plan-Seeing the Person Inside
This is a lesson I used to introduce and encourage children to participate it a “Mix it Up’ Day
Discrimination to acceptance -Challenging beliefs or assumptions about others
Lesson objectives (goals)
Students will;
Recognise that individuals are unique
Accept that others differences doesn’t mean one can’t get to know/interact with them
Reflect on reasons people are discriminated against/Peer Pressure
Standards addressed
Personal and Social Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.
PS:A1 Acquire Self-knowledge
PS:A1.2 Identify values, attitudes and beliefs
PS:A1.9 Demonstrate cooperative behavior in groups
PS:A2 Acquire Interpersonal Skills
PS:A2.3 Recognize, accept, respect and appreciate individual differences
PS:A2.4 Recognize, accept and appreciate ethnic and cultural diversity
PS:A2.5 Recognize and respect differences in various family configuration
PS:A2.8 Learn how to make and keep friends
Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals.
PS:B1 Self-knowledge Application
PS:B1.7 Demonstrate a respect and appreciation for individual and cultural differences
Lesson Outline (2 x 30 min sessions)
Lesson 1.
Let children take the Pre Test on Ipads
- Do you always spend break with the same people
YesNo
- How do you feel about joining in with people you don’t know
GoodSo soNot Good
- Do you invite others to join in with you
YesNoSometimes
- Are you going to attend Mix It Up?
YesNoMaybe
Read the book ‘The Boy Who Grew Flowers’ by (10 mins)
Discuss the story with the following Questions (15 mins)
- Pretend you are the classmate to whom Angelina has asked the question, “Why won’t anyone talk to him?” What would you say to Angelina?
- How could you talk it out with your friends if you saw someone like Rink in your class who needed help making friends?
- Rink sits by himself at the back of the class. He is shy and quiet. How could Rink seek help so that he wasn’t alone at school?
- If Rink was in your class what could you do? How can you start to notice children like this in your class?
- What could you do if you saw others making fun of him or hurting him?
- Rink gave Angelina the gift of dancing slippers that perfectly fit her feet. What gift did Angelina give Rink?
Get the children to write a note in their planner to find out something ‘unique’ about their family to share in the next lesson.
Lesson 2.
Review the story and ask for anything that the children have thought of since the last lesson. Reflect on the different children’s ideas of what is strange. Explain how his friend accepted him for who he was and didn’t listen to others opinion. (5 mins)
Put the children into groups and have them each role play or share what is strange about their family. The person on their right must make fun of them or say something nasty and the person on the left must say something to support the role player. The role player must also say something to positive about themselves as a final sentence before moving onto the next student. (10 mins)
Write some ideas on a large banner titled ‘Why Should We Mix It Up?’ to be hung outside the school to advertise Mix It Up Day. (5 mins)
Post test on Ipads (5 mins)
Resources needed for lesson listed
The Boy Who Grew Flowers by Jen Wojtowicz
IPADS for Pre/post test
Homework Planner
Paper/Pens/Colours for banner
Sponge activities (these are activities that you can do in case you have extra time with the students that is unexpected)
Have the students create more posters to advertise Mix it Up Day.
The students can make a list (and go interview other classes for ideas) of fun teamwork activities that they have tried before.