Equality and Diversity - Building a Culture of ... - Equality Authority

Lesson 3
The Value of Diversity -
How Diversity Enriches our Lives
Activity one
Learning Intentions
for both Activities
Students will:
Reflect on the value
of diversity
Appreciate how diversity
enriches their own lives
Appreciate how diversity
enriches the school
Diversity Quotes: Each One Teach One
Give each student one Diversity Quote card. Ask the students
to think about what their quote means and then to walk
around the classroom, sharing their quote with as many
people as possible. As they share their quotes they should
look for similarities and differences in the thinking on
diversity. When you feel most students have shared most
quotes, then ask the students to return to their places and
briefly take feedback on:
A quote that really struck a chord with them
Appreciate how diversity
enriches the community
Recognise the benefits of
diversity to society
Resources
A set of the Diversity Quotes
cards on pages 16 and 17,
copied on to card and cut up.
A quote that made them question how they thought
A quote that made them curious to know or think more
about how we respond to diversity
Optional
Then ask the students to form groups of 4, to choose one
of their quotes, and to jointly write a word poem or a short
paragraph about this quote and what it means to them.
When they have completed this, you could ask them to share
their writing by putting them up around the classroom so
that the students can walk around and read what others
have written. The written pieces can be displayed in the long
term or collated and copied for each student.
Alternatively this could be done individually as homework
and shared at the beginning of the next lesson.
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