Appreciating diversity 1: The meaning of diversity

Use this ready-made SEL lesson focusing on the subskill of 'Appreciating Diversity' to help you with social emotional learning in the classroom.

This is lesson 1 in a series of 8 and it's designed for use as one of your SEL activities with the whole class, a small group, or one-to-one. Social Awareness is one of the five components that make up CASEL's model of SEL education. To find other SEL activities, please visit our homepage and search through hundreds of SEL lessons created by educators and other experts in SEL education.

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It's vital that your classroom is a place where diversity is celebrated. This SEL lesson will help you teach your students about appreciating diversity, focussing on how everyone has different qualities that should be embraced and supported as well as how to be respectful of those elements of uniqueness.