Different Families (KS1) Picnic In The Park - Joe Griffiths and Tony Pilgrim

                                                                                                                       

Text: Picnic in the park- Joe Griffiths and Tony Pilgrim Lesson plan by Andrew Moffat

Resources: large picnic rug. If possible a piece of food for every child – fruit or a biscuit or a sandwich. Something small that can be eaten quickly.

SEAL Outcomes: New beginnings: I feel good about the ways we are similar in the group and the ways we are different/ I can tell you how I am the same as and different from my friends Say no to bullying: I am proud of the ways I am different

LO: To understand families can be different

Starter: Put the word “family” on the board- what does it mean? Who is in a family? Is there one kind of family?

Main: Read “Picnic in the park”. Who comes to Jason’s picnic? Why do they come? How many different families can you remember? What did the families bring to the party? Why did they bring things?

Role play: Place a large rug on the carpet and say we are going to have our own picnic. Show the children the food they are going to bring and ask them to think about who is going to be in their family. Children can put themselves in to any group and be a family or they could come by themselves. Each group / person needs to bring some food to the rug when they come. Choose a child to be Jason (or a girl) and have them welcome each “family” to the rug. Each family should introduce themselves as they arrive- this is Mum, this is auntie / my brother etc before placing their gift on to a large tray and then sitting on the carpet. Once everyone is on the carpet share the food.

Activity: Who is in your role –play family? Children draw and label each person.

Plenary: Did Jason turn anyone away from his picnic in the park? No! He made sure there were no outsiders! And there were lots of different families there- some with one Mum, two dads, a mum and dad, foster children etc Everyone was welcome! Return to the family used in the starter. Who can be in a family? Is there only one kind of family?

Suggested AFL questions: Today I have learned/ A family can be…

 For 35 lesson plans based on picture books see "No Outsiders In Our School: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools" by Andrew Moffat

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Understanding and Respecting Human Rights: We are all born free - Amnesty

Text: We are all born free- Amnesty Lesson plan by Andrew Moffat

Resources: copies of the 30 articles in the declaration. Enough copies for every child.

SEAL Outcomes: New beginnings: / I know I am valued at school I understand my rights and responsibilities at school

LI: To understand and respect human rights

Starter: What is the declaration of human rights? Why was it written? What is happening around the world to make people want to invent a universal declaration of human rights?

Main : Read text.

Activity: The declaration is split in to sections; split children in to groups of four and given them copies of the 30 articles. Ask children to consider which of the 30 are most important and to label them 1-10 in order of importance. Glue on to a sheet and present to the class with explanations. As children are presenting ask a child to count scores for each article mentioned. At the end present a class result – were any missed out completely? Why do you think that is? Was there a clear winner? Why? Does anyone want to change their mind?

Plenary: In our activity I forced you to discard a large chunk of declarations but in truth every one of them is important- why? Take the ones that got no points and ask children to say why we need them in the declaration. Children to pick three of the declarations that got least class points and record in books why they are important.

AFL questions: What have we learned about today? / Pick any article you think is very important and write an explanation in your book and an example of one way this article affects you. Note: see http://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/ for information on how to become a Rights Respecting School.

For 35 lesson plans based on picture books see "No Outsiders In Our School: Teaching The Equality Act In Primary Schools" by Andrew Moffat.

www,equalitiesprimary.com

Challenging Homophobia : Dad, David, Baba Chris and me by Ed Merchant

     

                                                                                               

Text: Dad, David, Baba Chris and me by Ed Merchant Lesson plan by Andrew Moffat: www.equalitiesprimary.com

Resources: Search for "families UK” on google images and prepare a slide show of about 10 families. Include in the slide show images of families with a Mum and Dad or one Mum or one Dad etc. You want a range of people.

SEAL Outcomes: Say no to bullying: I know some ways to encourage other children who use bullying behaviours to make other choices

LI To understand there are different families in the city where I live

Starter: in partners define adoption and fostering- who can adopt or foster children?

Main : Read Dad, David, Baba Chris and me. Why does Ben want so much for David and Baba Chris to adopt him? What do David and Baba Chris do to show they love Ben? How does Ben feel? What happens when Ben goes to Junior school- what word is he called? What does “gay” mean? (Gay means when two men love each other or when two women love each other – also Lesbian). What did Ben’s teacher Miss Patel say? Why do you think the name calling hasn’t really stopped? What would you do if you heard name calling like that in our school?

Student led activity: whole class: Focus on the name calling in the middle of the story. Have you ever heard the word “Gay” used as a put down in our school? What do we say in our school about people being different? Is everyone welcome at our school? The law in the UK says you can be gay or lesbian and that two men or two women can get married. The Equality Act 2010 also says you cannot be discriminated against because you are gay, or because of the colour of your skin, your gender, disability, religion (check understanding of discrimination) Show the slide show of families. The aim is to demonstrate that there are real families living in the UK today with gay parents and others with one parent or two parents of different gender.

Activity: Display the page that begins, “One day I asked my dads if they thought I would grow up gay like them” with jigsaw pieces and arrows. Children to draw their own version of the image with different grown up options recorded and labelled.

Plenary:  Do we all grow up to be the same as our parents? Show youtube clip of Mikki Willis “How would you feel if your son chose this” showing a Dad’s reaction to his son buying a doll for a birthday. What is the message from Dad here? What kind of Dad is he? How do you think his son feels? What can we learn form this clip?

Suggested AFL questions: Today I have learned…

For 35 lesson plans based on picture books, see "No Outsiders In Our School: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools" by Andrew Moffat.

www.equalitiesprimarycom