Diversity

Created by Michael Bowman, 3L Place, June 2018

Applies to: Understanding and Participating in Community, ADEF

Purpose: Explore and enrich members’ understanding of issues related to diversity and prejudice.

Objectives:

• Teach definitions of diversity, neurodiversity, prejudice, and discrimination
• Explore members’ personal experience with prejudice with a special focus on discrimination experienced by nonverbal people, where judgments are made about a person’s intelligence based on strength of their speaking abilities.

Materials needed:

• Worksheet packet (attached below)
• Pencils
• iPad, computer, or smart board

Activity Steps:

1. Discuss basic definitions of “diversity”, “inclusion”, and “multiculturalism” with an emphasis on the ways that diversity enriches our lives.
2. Watch “Teens talk about diversity”
3. Discuss basic definitions of “prejudice”, “discrimination”, and “exclusion” with an emphasis on the ways prejudice hurts people and negatively impacts our lives.
4. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfO82z29hWg and read/discuss the captions as they come on the screen.
5. Read and complete worksheet packet together as a group.