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2nd Grade Diversity Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan

Teacher: Ms. Jasmin Senn

Date: 07 July 2019
Book: My Hair Is a Garden
By: Cozbi A. Cabrera
Published: March 2018
Grade Level: Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Multicultural Themes

• Focuses on African American culture.

• Discovering personal identity.
• Overcoming prejudice, discrimination or bias.
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Education Standards

I. CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RL. 2.6 - Acknowledge differences in the points of view of

characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading
dialogue aloud.
II. CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RL. 2.7 - Use information gained from the illustrations and words
in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting or plot.

Objective

• The student will be able to identify diversity and demonstrate self-acceptance by drawing
a self-portrait and participating in a class activity with 80% accuracy.
• The student will be able to summarize the important message behind the story through a
group quiz/discussion with 80% accuracy.

Materials Needed

• The children’s picture book My Hair Is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera.

• Drawing utensils such as markers, colored pencils and crayons.
• A blank canvas for each student to draw on (printing paper or construction paper).
• A ruler so students can neatly make a list on the side of their paper.
• Heart stickers, specifically used so that each student can place one by each of the five
things they love about themselves, representing self-love and acceptance.

Procedure

I. Introduce: The children’s picture book My Hair Is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera. Ask
the class, “What do you think this book is going to be about? I want everyone to look
around the classroom. Notice that everyone is different in their own unique ways. Can
you think of something you love about yourself that makes you different from the rest of
the class?”
II. Read: Teacher reads the book aloud to the class and takes breaks in-between to ask
questions and make sure the students are following along with the pictures.
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III. Discuss: Students will get into groups of 5 and answer 5 questions about the book. When
finished, each group will be asked to share with the class what they learned in the story
and why the authors message behind it is so important. The 5 Questions:
1. Why was Mackenzie taunted and teased by her classmates?
2. How do you think Makenzie felt being teased by her classmates? Why?
3. What happened when she went to see her friendly neighbor Miss Tillie?
4. What did Miss Tillie tell Makenzie to comfort her?
5. What is the author trying to tell us in this story? Why?

Activities

1. Students will independently work on a self-portrait of themselves. They will add lots of
color and emphasis on the things they love that make them different from everybody else.
In doing so, they will neatly write a short list of 5 things they love about themselves to
the side of their paper and add heart stickers next to each number. They will use either
printing paper or construction paper to draw themselves and will be supplied with a ruler,
colored pencils, crayons and markers. This is a hands-on activity and when every student
is finished, they will leave their drawings on the desk and get ready for a fun class
activity.
2. Students will make a line in the classroom and respectfully walk around every desk,
looking at all of the drawings and seeing the diversity in them. After going around the
classroom a few times, the teacher will choose volunteers to share with the class some of
the things they saw that they really liked (rewarding with a piece of candy is optional).

Evaluation

To evaluate as a class, the teacher will do a short review of the book and what was learned in
today’s lesson. This includes going over the objective once again.