Students discover that people are alike in some ways and different in others — and that our differences make the world colorful, while kindness helps everyone feel that they belong.
Students will be able to…
Everyone in our class is a little different — and that’s a good thing! How are we alike, how are we different, and how can we all belong?
Project this and tap each part. Talk about how we are alike and different — and how being kind helps everyone belong.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Are we all exactly the same, or a little different?
Students investigate.
Explore more.
Think it through.
Students take action.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.
Compare their own point of view with others’ perspectives.
Apply civic virtues when participating in school settings.
Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
Participate in collaborative conversations.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have the class make a poster showing all the different, wonderful people who belong in their room. A printable poster template is in the Social Studies library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.