Lesson Plans

Under each curriculum area, you will find detailed and ready-to-go lesson plans to download and use in your classroom.

Curriculum area:

Early childhood

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Lesson Plan 1 - Listen In
Listening and questioning skills

Prepares students to use effective listening and questioning skills during a visit from a guest speaker from another culture.

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To introduce students to the diversity of headwear and the purpose and significance of these in a multicultural society.

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Lesson Plan 3 - Musical Moods
Music appreciation and interpretation through visual art

Allows students to respond to music from different cultures through abstract line drawing.

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Lesson Plan 4 - What Shape is That?
Shape and clay/plasticine modelling

Students develop an awareness of different places of worship and the shapes in their architecture through this hands-on activity.

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Students learn why people from a range of cultures decorate their bodies and are introduced to Indian (Hindu) customs of henna hand painting.

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Lesson Plan 6 - Marvellous Mosaics
Cooperation, collaboration and craft

Familiarises students with mosaic art as found in Muslim mosques and other cultural buildings, and provides a metaphor for diversity and unity.

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Students build relationships through the exploration of the diverse backgrounds and experiences of their classmates.

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Lesson Plan 8 – Discuss It
Discussion and listening skills

A useful way to stimulate discussion on a range of cultural diversity issues and develop constructive discussion skills.

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Lesson Plan 9 – Stereotypes
Role play, questioning and discussion

A role play style activity that explores the concept of stereotypes and the assumptions that underlie them.

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Lesson Plan 10 – Driven Out
Hypothetical scenario and discussion

This is a short activity which can serve as an introduction to the issues that refugees and migrants can face.

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Lesson Plan 11 – Culture, Race & Ethnicity
Understanding concepts: reading, recording and reassessing

Students are introduced to these concepts and how they differ from each other, then apply them to their own experiences.

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Lesson Plan 12 – Popular Culture & Diversity
Reading, listening and interpretation of song lyrics

Students explore themes of cultural diversity through the lyrics of popular songs.