Diversity In Families Essay, Research Paper

This lesson, which is intended

for a first grade classroom, and is approximately 40 minutes in length, will

deal with diverse families. I will read the book to the students, and then we

will discuss the different types of families, and how each one of our families

is different. The purpose is to show each child that there are many families

like and unlike theirs; and that this is socially acceptable. The concepts and

themes to be taught are interdependence, identity, and culture. 2. New York

State Learning Standards Social Studies/Standard 1/Elementary/Strand 2/gather

and?and community 3. Objectives At the conclusion of this lesson: ? Students

will appreciate diverse families. (Affective) ? Students will understand that

every family is unique and different. (Cognitive) ? Students will be prepared

to accurately trace an immediate family map. (Psychomotor) 4. Materials

Teacher’s Materials 1. Social studies resource guide with core curriculum. 1999.

p. 22. 2. NYS learning standards for social studies. 1996. p.2. 3. Celebrating

Families. Rosemarie Hausherr. 1997. Student Materials 4. Pen or Pencil 5.

Graffiti Board 6. "My Family" information sheet 5. Procedure a.

Anticipatory Set Can anyone tell me what a family is? (Knowledge) How can

families be different? We are going to learn about families today; families like

yours, families that are different than yours. b. Procedure 1. Introduce the

book Celebrating Families. 2. Read the book to the entire class. Be sure to show

all of the pictures. This is important. 3. When finished with the book, split

the class into three groups. 4. These groups will each have a graffiti board to

write on. Have them write about some of these questions, along with any other

interesting facts or notes about families: ? List the members of your family

(Knowledge). ? Explain what your families do together (Comprehension). ?

Relate your families to others (Application). ? Study the families in the book;

write how your family is different from one of the families (Analysis). ?

Create a family that you would like to be in when you grow up (Synthesis) ?

Write about how you accept one of the families in the book (Evaluation). 5.

Share each group’s graffiti board. Give five minutes for the students to observe

what was written 6. Hang the graffiti boards on the wall. Keep them up until our

unit on families are finished. c. Closure What have we learned about families

today? (Evaluation) We are going to have an exciting project for homework

tonight. 6. Evaluation ? Did the students work together effectively? ? Did the

students understand that families are different? ? Did the students celebrate

family diversity? ? Did the students reach the goals objectives? 7. Extended

Assignment Homework: Take home the "My Family" information sheet. Have

your parents help you get the names of everyone in your family. Have your

parents read the directions at the top of the page. We will put together family

trees in the next class.

1. Social studies resource guide with core curriculum. 1999. p. 22. 2. NYS

learning standards for social studies. 1996. p.2. 3. Celebrating Families.

Rosemarie Hausherr. 1997.