Celebrating Our

Differences
Learning that even though someone is the
different we are all have similarities
 Lesson Objectives
 Subject: Social Studies
 Recommendation for 2nd grade
 Lesson Objective
 Students will gain knowledge and understand that everybody is different making
the world a better place
 Students will understand that they can be kind to everyone, even if they are
different
 Even if someone doesn’t like the same thing we do we still show respect

 Objective Goal
 Develop an educational environment that promotes respect for differences.
 Materials:

Student Scavenger Hunt handout

Paper, scissors, glue, crayons google

eyes to make a picture of themselves

Graph on a bulletin board to show the

similarities and differences of the
students.
 Lesson Outline

Introduction to Lesson Student Scavenger Hunt Create their person

(5 min) (15 min) (10 min)

Discussion of Students
discoveries and fill in Wrap up
graph hang up people
(5 min)
(15 min)
 Introduction to the lesson
(5 min)
• Explain the activities and the
purpose behind it
• Tell the students that we are
learning about how everyone is
different but we can always find
similarities between us.
“We may have different
• Explain how a world with everyone
the same would be boring and we religions, different languages,
should celebrate differences different colored skin, but we
between us. all belong to ONE HUMAN
• Talk about how people are different, RACE.”
where they were born, how they talk, -Kofi Annan
color of skin, different beliefs, etc.
• Explain how to fill out the scavenger
hunt handout
 Make sure they understand that they are looking
for people who have a Different favorite item then
theirs
 Student Scavenger Hunt
 Handout the scavenger hunt have students fill their half of the scavenger
hunt.
 Encourage the students to use neat printing and proper spelling. (about 5 mins)

 Allow the students time to find people who will fill in the second half of the
scavenger hunt
 The students need to find people who like something different then they do. If they find someone who
likes the same thing they do, ask them to fist bump, or high five and move on.

 Encourage the students to find students who they do not hangout with.

While students are walking around teacher can start handing out basic materials for Creating your
Person project
(let the children pick their own skin color)
 With precut person
Create your shapes have students
decorate to represent
person themselves.
Have paper, markers,
Tips to save time
• Have clothes and hair precut
• Use googly eyes
• Use markers for adding
embellishments.

Attached template for paper doll

While students are working on their people the

teacher can use this time to fill in the items from
the scavenger hunt onto the graph
Discuses with the # of Students

students their x x x x x x
Pizza

x x
Tacos

discoveries and fill in Yellow

x
the graph Blue
x x x x
x x x x x
Pink

• The graph shows how many people like the

x x
Riding bikes
same things that they do.
• Ask the children what they observed
x x x x x x
Video games

• Were they surprised that someone like/dislike

something they did x x
Board
games
• What do they think it means if someone doesn’t
x x x x
Mexico
like the same thing that they do? Can you still
be friends?
x x x x x x
Las Vegas

x x
California

x x x x
Brown

x x x x x
Black

x x x x x x x
White

Example of graph
 Wrap up
• Check in with the students to make sure they
understand what the lesson was about?
• Ask what did they learn?
• How do they think this changes how they will act
towards people who are different?

Don’t forget to clean up

Resources
Counselor Chelsey, (2019), Diversity Activities and Lessons, Counselor Chelsey, Diversity Activities And Lesson — Counselor
Chelsey | Simple School Counseling Ideas

Housewife Eclectic. (February, 27 2010). Free Paper doll Template. Free Paper Doll Template - Housewife Eclectic. Debra

Manning, Lee M, Baruth, Leroy G, Lee, Lea G. (2017). Multicultural Education of Children and Adolescents 6th Edition. Routledge
Reflection
 Skills and Concepts
 Speaking to people, asking questions, responding to questions gaining confidence in speaking to others
 Cutting, gluing, coloring learning fine motor skills
 Writing and spelling
 Learning how gather information for a graph and see how to fill in a graph

 Multicultural Knowledge
 A better understanding that even though someone may look different, speak differently, or like different things we can
always find a similarities.
 It is okay to be friendly and not be best friends with everyone
 A chance for students to interacted with other students who may be shy or quite

 Student Engagement
 This lesson requires students to engage with each other during the scavenger hunt
 Students have an opportunity to engage with the teacher while the teacher is asking questions
 There is also some time for the student to work individually on their people project but still speak with others around
them

 Strengths and Weaknesses

 A strength is that with and interactive lesson the students are more likely to participate especially because they would
be talking about their favorite things
 This lesson can also be a precursor to other lessons for example now that we know about other places the students are
from the class can learn about those places
 A weakness is this lesson will have to be timed carefully especially when they are working on their personal people.