All About Me! Lesson Plan

Goal: To provide students with tools that will allow them to foster relationships based on respect, equality, and diversity.

Objectives:

• Students will establish an understanding of who they are and what distinguishes them from those around them.
• Students will learn the value of respect for others.
• Students will learn how differences can create positive relationships between themselves and others.

Essential Questions:

• What does diversity mean to me?
• How can we celebrate the diversity of our class? School?
• How can we show respect for the unique qualities of others?

Time Frame: 3-4 class periods
   
Grade Level: K-2

Materials:

• Colored paper
• Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
• Self-portrait photo of each student
• Three-hole punch and yarn or ribbon or stapler
• Magazines and/or newspapers for cutting out photos
• Venn Diagram Handout (see page 7 of this lesson)

Appropriate Subject Areas: Language Arts and Social Studies