OVERVIEW & PURPOSE

Each child will express comfort and joy with human diversity: accurate language for human differences; and deep, caring human connections. (Derman-Sparks & Olsen, 2010)

EDUCATION STANDARDS

1. Students will express comfort with people who are both similar to and di erent from them and engage respectfully with all people.
2. Students will develop language and knowledge to accurately and respectfully describe how people (including themselves) are both similar to and di erent from each other and others in their identity groups.
3. Students will respectfully express curiosity about the history and lived experiences of others and will exchange ideas and beliefs in an open-minded way.
4. Students will respond to diversity by building empathy, respect, understanding and connection.
5. Students will examine diversity in social, cultural, political and historical contexts rather than in ways that are super cial or oversimpli ed.

(Teraching Tolerance, 2016)

RESOURCES

1. Early Childhood
2. First – Fourth Grades
3. Middle School
4. High School

REFERENCES

Derman Sparks and Olsen’s Four Core Goals of Anti-Bias Education

Teaching Toleramnce Anti-Bias Framework

SAMPLE DIVERSITY-RELATED LESSONS

1. Fours
2. Kindergarten
3. First
4. Second
5. Third
6. Fourth
7. Fifth
8. Sixth
9. Seventh
10. Eighth
11. Ninth
12. Tenth
13. Eleventh
14. Twelfth