There’s a terrific image floating around Pinterest for teaching diversity:
Well, it
got me thinking. (You’re not surprised, are you?) I found myself wondering how
I might use this image to create an activity that not only teaches diversity in
skin color, race or ethnicity, but also includes conversation about disability.
The Egg
Activity to Teach Diversity & Inclusion
Materials:
1 small
white egg
1 extra
large white egg
1 brown
egg
1-2 eggs (any
color) with marks or “imperfections”
1-2 eggs
(any color) with slight cracks (not enough to break the egg open)
Activity:
1.
Display all of the eggs.
2.
Ask students to describe the various eggs, noting
similarities and differences. Be sure
to highlight the following differences:
·
Size of eggs
·
Color of eggs
·
Markings
·
Cracks
3.
Direct students to guess what the eggs will look like
inside.
4.
Crack each egg open in a separate bowl.
5.
Compare how, despite the exterior differences, all of the
eggs are the same on the inside. Depending on students’ age; emphasize the ways
we tend to underestimate people and their abilities when we judge them only by
the way they look. Discuss how this might positively change the way we treat
people in the future.
Variations for older students:
Possible extension:
1. If your classroom has been established as a safe space, some older
children and/or teens may feel comfortable sharing their own challenges
and/or disabilities as a part of this conversation. This could be the
perfect opportunity to discuss such “invisible disabilities” as dyslexia,
processing disorders, anxiety, etc.
Possible extension:
1. Make a list of things that are important about you that
others would
easily know just by looking. Make a second list of things that are
important about you that others would not be able to know just by
looking.
Which list is longer? Which list feels more important? What can
this teach us
about ourselves and other people?
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