Diversity Lesson Plan

By Simone Smith

Book: The Sneetches and Other Stories

Author: Dr. Seuss

Publication Date: August 12, 1961
Grade: Elementary school; Pre-K through 2nd grade; Age 5-9
Multicultural Theme
 Fairness
 Equity
Education Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond
to major events and challenges.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story,
including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the
ending concludes the action.
Objective
The student will be able to identify the emotional impact of unfair
situations through a group discussion and a group activity with 90%
accuracy.
Procedure
1. Introduce: Present the book The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss. Then ask,
“Has anyone been treated differently for looking a certain way?
Have anyone been treated unfairly?” Have a brief discussion
about unfairness. Go over the title and ask, “What is a Sneetch?
What can the cover tell us about a Sneetch?”

2. Read: Teacher read out loud to the entire class.

3. Discuss: Students will reflect and individually answer five

questions about the book The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss. Then they
will break off into partners and discuss their answers. They will
compare their answers and share with the class what they learned
about their partner.

Question 1. What was the difference between one Sneetch and

the other kind of Sneetch?
Question 2. Why did the star-belly Sneetches think they were
better?
Question 3. How did the plain-belly Sneetch feel about being left
out?
Question 4. Why did the Sneetch remove their stars?
Question 5. What lesson do you think the Sneetches learned?
 4. Activities:
1. Students will individually decorate a star. They may use
crayons, markers, stickers, and tape. Then they will be
divided up into two groups, group one will have stars taped
on their chest and group two will not. Group one will receive
special treatment and group two will not. After sometime
group two will wear the stars and receive special
treatments. (Hands-on)

2. Student will individually write about how it felt to have the

star on in class and then write about how they felt about not
having the star on. They will also write about how what they
learned and how they can make others not feel left out.
Then share with the class out loud.
Evaluation: The teacher will review student’s response and see if they
learned something new.