Understanding Diversity

What is diversity?

• Differences

• Things that are the same

• a big city

• Things that look alike

One way we celebrate diversity in February is to recognize

• Winter weather reports

• Black History Month

• Valentines' Day

• Groundhog Day

Many cultures have special ____ they prepare and eat.

Language is a part of a person's _______.

Someone's race is usually based on...

• a person's favorite food

• where someone lives

• what language they speak

• Visible traits like skin color

Ethnicity usually has to do with...

• The most popular styles of clothing

• The kinds of houses people like to live in

• Where a group of people or their ancestors may have been from in the world

• The number of people a person has in their family

All people deserve to be treated with ________.

"Equal rights" means all people are treated...

• with candy

• with respect and fairness

• differently

• for being sick

Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American leader who fought for...

• the Civil War

• Equal rights for all people

• World War I

• voting rights for women

All of our likes and dislikes are...

• unique (or special) for every person

• the same as everyone else

• not important

• only important for adults