Religious
Diversity &
Children’s
Literature
Class 10
Agenda
 Biteslide
Share-Out
 Warm Up
 Diversity Activities
 Religious Texts
Biteslide Share-Out
 Open
up biteslide on your computer
 We’ll be doing a “gallery walk” with
biteslides. As we rotate, leave a piece of
positive feedback with a sticky note.
WARM UP- REFLECTION
 Think
about a time when you were
misunderstood. What happened? What
did you feel? How did you get over the
situation?
Why do we need diverse
books?
1. What do you see?
2. What connections can you make?
3. What does this picture have to do with diverse
texts?
In the News…
 http://storycorps.org/listen/yusor-abu-
salha-and-mussarut-jabeen/ (May 2014)
 NEWSFLASH:
These kids are sitting in our
classrooms everyday.
KWL chart- Religions
K- What do you
already know about
this topic?
W- What do you want L- What have you
to learn about this
learned about this
topic?
topic?
But….how do I teach this?
 http://www.tolerance.org/toolkit/religious-
diversity
 Exposure!!!
 Create a culture of respect
What do you see?
TRASH TENSION.
 Grab
some TP and a marker.
 For each piece of TP, write something
about yourself.
Playing around
 1.
Create a book spine poem with your
classmates
 2. Compare/constrast the two voices of
the religions you read about (Venn
Diagram)
 3. Create a two-voice poem with your
partner using people from 2 different
religions
For Thursday:
 Finish
and post 2 Voice Poem
 BIOGRAPHY EXPERT GROUP PRESENTS!
 Read Tunnell Chp. 13- Biography
 Read and bring in Dave the Potter
 Read and bring in the biography you
read.
 Recommended: Start Tuck (Due 10/1)
More reminders…
 First
set of 5 RRL logs due by 10/6. Make
sure to CREATE A PAGE TITLED RRL1 and
then COPY AND PASTE RRL. Do not upload
the file.