Lesson
Materials (word
document)
Aim: Who
knows what it means to stand up for rights? How do we stand up for
the rights of another person? How do we stand up for our own rights?
Today we are each
going to stand up for something... Stand up for something. That means
to:
1. Pick out something that you think is not fair,
2. Decide who that something affects.
Think about how to make it "better" and then let people
know what you think.
Materials:
- Big Board
paper and markers for it
- Three questions
pre written: What are you standing up for? Who are standing up for?
What can we do about it?
- Ample space
for sitting in large groups and breaking into small groups
- (For enrichment
activities):
Clipboards and/or writing spaces with hard surfaces (desks);
Drawing paper and paper with area for picture and some lines
Crayons or markers
Record player, cassette recorder, or CD player
Grade
Level(s): I used this program with kindergarten/first grade
students in my own classroom. With some modifications, it may be used
with kindergartners, first, second, and third graders.
Students: This program was developed for a mixed age K/1 class totaling
twenty one children with a variety of readiness skills. They've worked
in whole group and small group activities and are learning to complete
ongoing work spread over a few days.
Major
Goals: The instructional purpose of this program is to meet
English language arts, social studies, art, and music standards while
providing a basis and understanding of the concepts of fairness and
equity as they apply to young children.
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Subject
Areas:
Music
Social Justice
Grade Levels: K-2
About
the teacher:
Jessica
Harvey is entering her 5th year of teaching in the New York
City Public School system. She teaches at PS3 in Manhattan, and enjoys
living in the same neighborhood in which she teaches- a rarity in
New York City, where real estate and rental prices are so high and
teacher salaries are low, relatively speaking. Jessica teaches in
a mixed-age classroom comprised of Kindergarten and First Grade students.
She is grateful for this opportunity to more closely and thoughtfully
look at issues in education, and is hoping to study the changes to
-and the relative effectiveness of- mixed-age school grouping programs
within the current educational and political climates.
Joybabies@aol.com
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