Tolerance
February
6th Grade
Tolerance - Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human. Tolerance is harmony in difference.
Purpose: - To teach students to understand the position of another person, appreciation of the similarities and differences of others
Concept: Tolerance
Materials: Tolerance Worksheet, Diane Arbus Photographs with scenarios, Overview of Diane Arbus Photographer
Masterworks: Diane Arbus Photographs
Quote: "A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know."
Procedures:
1: The teacher gives each student a copy of the focus questions to be answered individually. Students should answer each questions AGREE or DISAGREE and be prepared to give reasons for each answer.
2. The teacher takes a survey by asking students to raise their hands for each agree or disagree response to the questions. Responses are recorded and discussed as a group.
a. What kinds of responses do you think do not show Tolerance of other individuals?
b. What other kinds of people do you thin are discriminated against because they are different?
c. How can we show more tolerance to these individuals?
d. What can our society do to ensure that people are more tolerant?
e. Are there any laws that reflect tolerance?
3. The teacher will ask students to form groups of three or four.
4. The teacher will hand out the photographs by Diane Arbus to each group of student
5. The teacher will read the brief bio of Diane Arbus and explain that it was her life’s work to record the differences of others.
6. Students should read the brief scenarios of the individuals and talk among themselves in the group.
Tolerance Worksheet
Answer each questions AGREE or DISAGREE. Be prepared to give reasons for each answer.
1 ______All people are born equal.
2.______All people in the U.S.A. deserve the same rights and freedoms.
3.______People who immigrate to the U.S.A. from other countries do not deserve the same rights and freedoms as those who are born in the country.
4.______People should just be satisfied with what they have and not try to improve their lives.
5.______You should not be concerned with anyone else. Just lead your life the way you want and get what you need.
6.______People with customs that differ from ours are just dumb.
7.______"The American Dream" incorporates not only life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but also comfortable housing and a good job.
8.______People with weird hairdos and piercings should just realize that they should not do these things to look different.
9.______Ugly people should not be allowed to work at the cosmetics counter.
10.______People who look different should not be surprised when people stare at them
Overview of Diane Arbus Photographer
Diane Nemerov was born in New York City into a wealthy Jewish family, in which she was overshadowed by her older brother, the poet Howard Nemerov. She attended The Fieldston School. She fell in love with future actor Allan Arbus at age 14, and married him soon after turning 18, despite her parents' objections. When Allan started training as a photographer for the US Army, he shared his lessons with Diane. As a husband-wife team, the Arbuses became successful in the fashion world: Allan was the photographer, Diane was the stylist. As Diane began to take her own photographs, she took formal lessons with Lisette Model at The New School in New York. Edward Steichen's noted photo exhibit, The Family of Man included a photograph credited to the couple.[1] Together the Arbuses had two daughters, photographer Amy Arbus and writer and art director Doon Arbus, but, by 1959, they had separated.
The work of Diane Arbus offers a glimpse of communities and ways of life that are often shielded from the mainstream eye; her intimate portraits are selected from her posthumous untitled monograph.
Scenario #1
Masked Woman in Wheelchair, 1970, Diane Arbus,
This woman was found parked outside of a housing project. She appears to be elderly.
Scenario #2
A Jewish Giant at Home with His Parents in the Bronx, NY, 1970, Diane Arbus
Scenario #3
The Human Pincushion, Ronald C. Harrison, Diane Arbus (New Jersey, 1962)
Scenario #4
Child With a Toy Hand Grenade Central Park, 1962, Diane Arbus
1. What do you think when you first look at this photograph of a young buy?
2. How old do you think he is?
3. Is he rich or poor?
4. Where do you think he is?
5. Why do you think he’s wearing this kind of an outfit?
The young boy’s name is Colin Wood, who is now 50 years old and an insurance agent living in Glendale, Calif. Wood has no memory of running into Arbus, which he did in Central Park one afternoon when he was 7. But he remembers that H.M.S. Pinafore outfit, and he recalls the type of toy grenade he is clutching so spasmodically in that picture. As fake weapons go, he recalls they were pretty annoying because they'd pop almost as soon as you threw them. "You couldn't throw it somewhere and duck," he says. "It blew up about a foot away. He comes across as a fairly typical kid, mugging for the camera. His guess is that he was out with his nanny when Arbus spotted him and after a few shots, he'd had enough. Arbus captured this photograph by having the boy stand while moving around him, claiming she was trying to find the right angle. The boy became impatient and told her to "Take the picture already!" His tired, frustrated expression conveys his weariness with the whole endeavor.
Lesson Plan Evaluation
Character Word______Grade Level______
Objective / Yes / Somewhat / NoWas the lesson easy to read and understand by the teachers?
Was the sequence of the lesson correct?
Were the activities easy to understand?
Were the students engaged throughout the lesson?
Did the students enjoy the activities?
Were the materials easy to use?
Were the visuals appropriate for the learners?
Were there adequate activities planned?
Was the lesson relevant to the learners?
Comments:
Please return form to Mr. Richardson or Dr. Carsillo