Lesson Plan

Responding to Difference in Democracy

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Disagreements happen in a diverse democracy. It's what people do about these differences in a diverse society that the resource models. After listening to an eight-minute podcast about a woman who collaborated with people who have very different beliefs and reading a poem about dealing with differences, individuals craft their own stanza for the poem.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Appropriate for remote and in-person use
  • Analyze one stanza of Berry's poem to model how to replicate Berry's poetic choices
Classroom Considerations
  • Lesson six of eight in the "What Makes Democracy Work?" of the 2020 Election series
Pros
  • The resource models positive ways for dealing with and accepting diversity
Cons
  • None