Demonstrating a peaceful resolution to a dispute.

Essential Question

Do I have different opinions from other people?
What does peace look like?
How can I maintain peace during a disagreement?

Texts

Literature

The Fighting Mynahs: A story from Hawaii about how it's better to share and cooperate than to squabble and fight

A story from Hawaii about how it's better to share and cooperate than squabble and fight.

Leslie Ann Hayashi

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

Civics

Topic

Class

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Creating Questions to Engage Critically with Texts

This strategy provides tools to create questions that help students engage critically with Perspectives central texts and examine them for issues of power and social inequity. The activities suggested here also encourage readers to bring their knowledge and experiences to the reading of a text.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RL.K-2.1, RL.K-2.2, RL.K-2.3, RL.K-2.6, RI.K-2.1, RI.K-2.2, RI.K-2.3, RI.K-2.6

July 16, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Buddy Share

Students choose a mode of expression—e.g., writing, art or storytelling—to share theme-related ideas and feelings with a “buddy” from outside the classroom.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

AlanaKay

Demonstrating a peaceful resolution to a dispute.

The Fighting Mynahs: A story from Hawaii about how it's better to share and cooperate than to squabble and fight

Creating Questions to Engage Critically with Texts

Buddy Share

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