Reflection
Originally, I thought this
idea was short and sweet. However, it has turned out to be quite
comprehensive. It’s always so hard to picture how to teach a lesson
you’ve never taught before. I hope my thoughts are clear to you in
that I intend for this “unit” to be the starting block of every actual
unit the students are required to learn. I want the idea of comparing
our own homes with those of people we have never met to be the connection
that we make in understanding that we are all human beings in this great
big world of ours. Though much of our lives and cultures may differ
from each other, there are always details in our lives that connect us
to every other human being in every part of the world. Since I teach
very young children and they are introduced to new groups of people that
they may not meet for a very long time, or never will because these people
lived a very long time ago, I needed a basic, simple concept with which
to say, “We are all the same.”
“We are a global
community. As humans, we have many similarities, which makes
it possible for us to communicate and understand one another;
however, the richness comes from our differences, both culturally and
individually. In our postmodern milieu, this appreciation for the
diversity found in others is not only of value, it is mandated” (Kantner,
2001).
