Identity, Diversity, & Social Justice Lessons and Activities

This is a set of five lessons that help students develop social justice skills through understanding identity, diversity, and injustice.

1. IDENTITY LESSON: Understanding the different elements of identities and exploring our own

2. DIVERSITY & DIFFERENCES LESSON: We have lots of commonalities, it’s okay to talk about differences, diversity is valuable

3. STEREOTYPES LESSON: What is a stereotype, discussing common stereotypes, how stereotypes don’t define us

4. IDENTIFYING INJUSTICES LESSON: Understanding different examples of injustices and how people are harmed

5. TAKING ACTION LESSON: Defining boycotts and protests, what to say when you hear someone make a hurtful comment, being an upstander

Each lesson includes:

•20+ slides to guide discussion and activities with suggested scripting

•Independent reflection activities: printable worksheets & interactive Google Slides™ (exception: Justice/Injustice lesson)

•Recommended book companion list to extend the learning

•Editable parent letter to send home after the lesson explaining the purpose and content of the lesson

•Follow-up discussion questions printable

•Student pre/post survey

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✨Glowing Praise for This Resource✨

“My students loved the depth of exploring their identity. As we developed upon identity and moved through the subsequent lessons, the students were engaged and interested in understanding more on a broader, real world scale. These lessons are very thorough and worth while.” ~ Danielle M.

“One of the best purchases I've made on here in a long time! Such well thought out, and planned information on such important topics. My students were 100% engaged and absolutely took what I wanted away from each lesson.” ~Gillian Grybas

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⭐Open the previews for the specific objectives of each identity, diversity, injustice, and action lesson.

⚡You may wish to expand each lesson into two lessons, depending on how much time you have, especially if you incorporate a book

They are aligned to Teaching Tolerance’s Social Justice Anchor Standards (Identity), the American School Counseling Association’s Mindsets & Behaviors, and the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning’s (CASEL) Core Competencies.

This resource is listed for grades 3rd-6th but you know your students best! I recommend thoroughly looking over the preview to decide if this resource is developmentally appropriate for your students. Need one at a younger developmental level? I have that here: Identity, Diversity, and Social Justice Lessons for Primary Students

These presentations are MAC and PC compatible with a Google Slides™ link included in the lesson plan. The presentation is NOT editable, although slides can be hidden or deleted.