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Books & Articles
Below are books and articles that educators can use to facilitate important conversations around family diversity issues and to continue to develop their own skillset in building inclusive classrooms and promoting a safe environment for all students.
Below are books and articles that educators can use to facilitate important conversations around family diversity issues and to continue to develop their own skillset in building inclusive classrooms and promoting a safe environment for all students.
Description: In this article, Welcoming Schools highlights some questions students might ask regarding family structres. This resource highlights a number of appropriate responses to such questions.
Description: In this article, Welcoming Schools highlights some questions students might ask regarding family structres. This resource highlights a number of appropriate responses to such questions.
Description: Diverse family structures are more common and children will ask questions about non-traditional families. This resource helps educators to learn simple ways to teach children about diverse families.
Description: Diverse family structures are more common and children will ask questions about non-traditional families. This resource helps educators to learn simple ways to teach children about diverse families.
Description: Teaching Tolerance introduces a lesson plan to help students recognize and accept differences among themselves and within the larger community. It also helps students understand how student’s unique family contributes to a society.
Description: Teaching Tolerance introduces a lesson plan to help students recognize and accept differences among themselves and within the larger community. It also helps students understand how student’s unique family contributes to a society.
Description: This article is aimed towards giving educators the tools to help kindergarten students understand diversity. Addtionally, this resource will aid educators in working with families to help teach their children how "to accept, understand and value their rich and varied world."
Description: This article is aimed towards giving educators the tools to help kindergarten students understand diversity. Addtionally, this resource will aid educators in working with families to help teach their children how "to accept, understand and value their rich and varied world."
Description: This fun and fascinating treasury features all kinds of families and their lives together. Each spread showcases one aspect of home life-from houses and holidays, to schools and pets, to feelings and family trees. Ros Asquith's humorous illustrations perfectly complement a charming text from the acclaimed Mary Hoffman; kids will love poring over these pages again and again. A celebration of the diverse fabric of kith and kin the world over, The Great Big Book of Families is a great big treat for every family to share.
Description: This fun and fascinating treasury features all kinds of families and their lives together. Each spread showcases one aspect of home life-from houses and holidays, to schools and pets, to feelings and family trees. Ros Asquith's humorous illustrations perfectly complement a charming text from the acclaimed Mary Hoffman; kids will love poring over these pages again and again. A celebration of the diverse fabric of kith and kin the world over, The Great Big Book of Families is a great big treat for every family to share.
Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans
The following are a representative sampling of approaches that teachers may utilize to help students talk about disability.
The following are a representative sampling of approaches that teachers may utilize to help students talk about disability.
Elementary School Lesson Plans
Elementary School Lesson Plans
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