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Our Diverse Classroom Lesson PlanOur Diverse Classroom Lesson Plan
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Curated OER
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Grade
2nd - 5th
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Social Studies & History
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Duration
30 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
1999
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Our Diverse Classroom

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Celebrate the diversity in your classroom with an activity that has children explore the backgrounds and experiences of their peers. Each child is given a worksheet intended to foster a conversation about things commonly associated with different culture groups. They circulate around the room asking each other these questions and then share what they learned with the class.

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