Elementary School Program (K – Grade 3)
An innovative program helping children identify and prevent prejudice.
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Developed by Family Communications, Inc., the company which produced Mister Roger’s Neighborhood, this award-winning video series and teaching guide is designed to help K-3 elementary educators promote inclusion and respect in the classroom.
In the nine videos for students, animal puppets portray school children that are diverse in appearance and background. In each program, the puppet characters and live actors from a variety of ethnic backgrounds tackle different diversity topic including |
Video 1 |
Sticks and Stones
Name-calling |
Video 4 |
Play Ball
Stereotyping |
Video 7 |
Proud To Be Me
Cultural assimilation |
Video 2 |
Cinderella & Me
Feeling left out |
Video 5 |
The Club
Standing up Against Prejudice |
Video 8 |
I'm American, Too
Definitions of being American |
Video 3 |
Long Distance
Language barriers |
Video 6 |
Tug of War
Interracial friendships |
Video 9 |
Words on the Wall
Hate crimes |
 Teacher's Guide
The teacher's guide helps educators integrate Different and the Same into the elementary curriculum. Pre-viewing activities and questions get students thinking. Post-viewing activities and discussions extend students' understanding of key concepts. Lists of multicultural children's books relating to each video topic, also included along with master reproducible for each video.
NCCJ host Training Workshops with educators and those who work with children to use the video series and teaching guide effectively.
To schedule a training session at your school, please contact Dr. Andrea Kandel at (860)683-1039 ext.103 akandel@nccjctwma.org |
