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Diversity Lesson Plan Artifact

By: Taylor Brown, EDU 280, October 14, 2018


Book: “I, Too, Am America”
Written by: Langston Hughes
Published: May 22, 2012
Grade level: First grade
Multicultural Theme:
 Promoting diversity and equality.

Materials Needed:
 Book- I, Too, Am America, by Langston Hughes
 An apple in every color, 1 per student
 1 knife for the teacher to cut the apples
 Paper plates
 Colored construction paper
 Markers
 Colored pencils
 Crayons

Standards:
 SS.1.10. Share stories that illustrate honesty, courage, friendship, respect, and
responsibility; have students explain how the stories show these qualities
 SS.1.2. With prompting and support, generate supporting questions related to compelling
questions

Objective:
 The students will be able to identify the diversity theme of the book by visualization and
group discussion through inferencing while reading with 95% accuracy.

Procedure:
1. Introduce: In today’s activity we will be exploring the beauty of diversity and equality!
We will begin reading the book titled, I, Too, Am America by author Langston Hughes.
2. Read: Teacher will read the book aloud to the entire class.
3. Discuss: As a group, we will go over each question and share and compare our answers.
o Question 1: Who is the main character?
o Question 2: What is the main character’s goal?
o Question 3: Is this book important to you?
o Question 4: How did the book make you feel?
o Question 5: Are there any questions?
4. Activities:
 For activity 1, students will observe their apple and draw their own version of it on their
sheet of provided construction paper. Following this instruction, the students will share-
pair with the students in their desk group and discuss the color differences, the shapes,
sizes, etc. (Hands-on activity)
 For activity 2, the teacher will cut every student’s apple in half (crossways) to reveal
what is alike about every apple in the room. We will then have an open discussion about
what the students were able to discover about their apples and their apple drawings. (The
inside of the apples reveal they are ALL identical) Meaning for students: We make look
different on the outside, but on the inside, we are one in the same.

Evaluation:
 My observation of each student identifying the diversity and uniqueness about their apple
and apple drawing will show me their ability to identify diversity, thus, revealing the
capability of identifying the elements of the book.

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