Teaching Unity - A Guide for Parents and Teachers with Learning Activities for Ages 8 -12 (Paperback)

This easy-to-use curriculum package contains a treasure trove of materials focusing on Unity, Diversity, Skin Color and Overcoming Prejudice. The package includes: * Our 300-page teacher's guide with step-by-step lesson plans * Four colorful PowerPoint programs for use with children * Printable student handouts * Craft patterns and instructions * Over 70 full-page color photos designed to accompany the lessons * Detailed plans for organizing a children's performance * Editable event fliers, registration forms and programs * A two-page article for parents and teachers on Overcoming Prejudice These items are available as free downloads with your purchase of the book. (See download instructions on the title page.) The book is filled with fun, hands-on, kid-tested learning activities. It includes warm-ups, demonstrations, readings, crafts, songs, felt lessons, role plays, discussion starters, memory quotes, puzzles, poems, worksheets, research projects, outdoor games, plans for a weeklong Unity Camp, and much more. The lessons are ideal for academic classes, after-school clubs, Saturday or Sunday schools, weekend retreats and summer camps. Teaching Unity supports the new Common Core educational standards across multiple subjects and grade levels, and incorporates Marzano's nine high-yield classroom strategies throughout the book. Its purpose is to help prepare our children to live as citizens in a global society-recognizing our interdependence, respectful of our differences, and working together towards a more prosperous and peaceful world.