Dialogue Inside a Third Grade Classroom on Inauguration Day!We colored a picture of Pres. Obama today. All my brown children, excuse my lack of political correctness…well anyway, all of my brown (many nationalities) students started coloring right away. Meanwhile many of my white students hesitated. Then one girl shouted to the class, “what color do I color him?” Another student said “brown.” She responded, “but everyone says he’s the first black president.” A couple students tried to explain that black doesn’t always mean black. Then a kid sitting at another table said, “just look at Austin, he’s from the same country as Obama.”
I couldn’t help but chuckle at all of my students as they critiqued their neighbor’s art work and accuracy. I think they spent a good solid minute or so studying Austin’s lips… Austin was a good sport. He is a really quiet kid and usually doesn’t like attention, but he did today. I was impressed in their interest in today’s events, we had some great discussions. I think I have 24 future presidential candidates for 2040’s elections!
2 comments:
That's so great! Good times with the kiddo's. Can you please do a "what is love" project on Valentines? I think that would be so fun. I would love to hear what they have to say. :)
I'm kinda sad I didn't get the chance to talk about the president with my kids--I was off track!
It will be interesting to see if they have anything to say about it later...
Good luck finding Valentine's stuff--I'll let you know if I come across any!
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