Combining Social Justice, Diversity, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards

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1		DI and SEL Integrated Goals	Social Justice Standards Teaching Tolerance	Pollyanna Units/Themes	Social Emotional Learning Standards CASEL	VCS Curriculum Connections	Advisory/Morning Meeting Connections	Gender and Sexuality Curriculum (Riverdale Country Day School K-5)
2	K	•Develop self-awareness and self-management skills to achieve school and life success; racial/ethnic identity development; coping skills for racial stress; self advocacy; my body; personal boundaries and consent; my brain; my emotions • Use social-awareness and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships; celebrate cultural differences; define stereotypes, prejudice, & discrimination; fair and unfair systems; empathize; challenge gender role stereotypes; all genders •Demonstrate decision-making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts; allyship; coalition building	•Identity •Diversity •Justice •Action	The Physical World Around Us – A Celebration of Skin Colors	•Self Awareness	• Who Am I? •Self-Portraits •How are families the same/different? •How do we celebrate families?	•Taking turns during morning meeting •What are emotions and feelings? •Where in my body to I feel different feelings? •Name different feelings	Identity and Belonging ➔ Family Structure lessons ➔ Gender lessons Health and Wellness ➔ Anatomy/Body Parts ➔ Human Reproduction ➔ Puberty ➔ Personal Boundaries/ Consent
3	1			We Are Part of a Larger Community – Encouraging Kindness, Social Awareness, and Empathy	•Social Awareness •Self-Management		•Family Shares •
4	2			Diversity Around the World – How Our Geography and Our Daily Lives Connect Us	•Relationship Skills •Responsible Decision-Making	•Visible and Invisible aspects of Identity •How are families the same/different? •What do families have in common? •NYC today and NYC from long ago (Lenape and Enslaved Africans) •The power of our words -positive and negative impacts •Influence MLK had on current day changemakers around the world	•
5	3		•Identity •Diversity •Justice •Action	Stories of Activism – How One Voice Can Change a Community (and Bridge the World)	•Responsible Decision-Making •Social Awareness	•What is culture? •How are family cultures the same/different? • Visible and Invisible aspects of Identity • How are families the same/different? •What do families have in common? •	•Speaking from "I" •I feel x when you y; can you please z
6	4			The Development of Civilization – How Geography Gave Some Populations a Head Start (Dispelling Myths of Racial Superiority)	•Social Awareness	•What is culture? •How are family cultures the same/different? •Migration and Movement •	•
7	5			How “Immigration” Shaped the Racial and Cultural Landscape of the United States –– The Persecution, Resistance, and Contributions of Immigrants and Enslaved People	•	Teaching Hard History American Slavery Framework K-5	•Comprehensive overview on family diversity
8	6		•Identity •Diversity •Justice •Action	The Historical Construction of Race and Current Racial Identities Throughout U.S. Society – The Danger of a Single Story	•	•Project Day Dec. 4th Brave Conversations; social identity wheels; dominant and non-dominant groups; stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination; microaggressions •Affinity group participation (optional)
9	7		•Identity •Diversity •Justice •Action	What is Race? – How Science, Society, and the Media (Mis)represent Race	•	•Project Day Dec. 4th Brave Conversations; social identity wheels; dominant and non-dominant groups; stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination; microaggressions •Affinity group participation (optional)
10	8		•Identity •Diversity •Justice •Action	Racism as a Primary “Institution” of the U.S. – How We May Combat Systemic Inequality	•	•Project Day Dec. 4th Brave Conversations; social identity wheels; dominant and non-dominant groups; stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination; microaggressions •Lead and/or join Affinity groups (optional) •My Role in a Social Change Ecosystem
11	Sources: Teaching Tolerance, Pollyanna Inc., Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), and Riverdale Country Day School
12	Lily Medina, Village Community School (VCS)
13			Teaching Hard History American Slavery Framework K-5
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