Diversity Week 3: People

This week the focues was one people around the world. How are they different? How are they the same? I used the book "Wherever You Are" as a read aloud a couple of times throughout the week. The book gives several similarities and differences among people around the world, wherever they may live.

As a project, I read the book "The Colors of Us." This book explains that all each and every person has their own unique skin color. It gave a list of wonderful adjectives that helped the young students envision more skin tones than just black and white. After reading and discussing the book, the students each created a self-portrait. Coloring in a skin color was a requirement. The children labeled their self-portrait with a descriptive word or phrase that represented their skin tone and the teacher wrote it down for them. This fun projects was beneficial for all of the students and helping them realize that they are all unique and special.

I think this week was expecially important. One of my goals from this research projects is helping the students realize that all people are different from one another. I believe that they should grow up accepting the differences among their peers and not judging based on appearances.