Exploration of Identity
1) Who I am
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
What does an inclusive classroom look like? – Inclusive Classrooms Infographic
The Name Jar – by Yangsook Choi
- Name Jar Master – My name jar
- Sentence Starters to Support ELL Students – Sentence Starters
- Developing skills to differentiate types of questions and to pose a series of questions to create a narrative – Conducting an Interview
- Examples of questions generated the focus on the origin of names – Questions regarding origin of names
Every Name’s a Story video series from Starbucks UK.
- Visual & Performing Arts activities (A Drama Lens) – Picture this- Drama Day 1
- Pronouns infographic – Pronouns Infographic
- Activity to practice mindful use of pronouns – Pronoun Activity
- Math / Science Connections – Name Jar Math Science Connections
- Introducing the concept of transgender identities to primary students through a facilitated conversation and picture book – Introducing-Teddy
Book list to extend
2) Where I’m From
Activating imagination and movement through spaces – Picture This- Drama slides Day 2
Understandings about Two-Spirited Identities
- 2 spirit poster – 2 spirit poster
- Some context about understandings of gender and sexuality in the indigenous context. – Before the term Two Spirited
I am From Poetry
- “Where I’m From: Inviting Students’ Lives into the Classroom” – Article from Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word by Linda Christensen – Where Im From Poems
- Developing the skills to create “I am From” poems. Process for I Am From poems
- I Want to Be (Poetic Prose) to rehearse poetic language and imagery- I want to be text
- Student Examples of poetic prose – I want to be Student Samplesdocx
- Examples of I am From Poems to use as a catalyst / recognizing similarities themes in examples – I am From Examples as catalyst
- Once categories have been determined, students can brainstorm connections, memories, items that fit the categories – Planning sheet We are From
Ghost’s Journey: A Refugee Story by Robin Stevenson
- A Summary of Curricular and Core Competencies connections K – 12 – Ghost’s Journey Lesson Support
- Links that build on and expand curricular links – Resources for Ghosts Journey
- https://www.rainbowrefugee.com
- https://www.rainbowrailroad.org
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-refugees-1.3239460
- https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2019001/article/00001-eng.htm
- https://bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/SocialJustice/Issues/LGBTQ/Queer%20Scientists%202018%20full%20set.pdf
- https://medium.com/together-science-can/10-pioneering-scientists-you-never-knew-were-refugees-62f56a282622
- https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/science/5-immigrants-and-refugees-who-changed-us-science?page=1
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2019/11/25/most-dangerous-places-safest-lgbtq-gay-travelers/#f8a656211694
- https://ilga.org/maps-sexual-orientation-laws
- ELL support for Ghost’s Journey and conversations about the The State of LGBTQ+ Rights Around the World – ELL – LGBTQ Resource Connection
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Temple Grandin
- Exploring Scientists “Like Me”
- Strategies to support ELL inclusion – ELL – Scientist Like Me Connection
- Famous Female Scientists – http://elisegravel.com/en/blog/some-famous-scientists/
- Resource links to discover diverse scientists – Diverse Representations of Scientists
3) What I Can Offer Others
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing
You Hold me Up by Monique Gray-Smith
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