Second Grade Diversity Lesson Plan

Book Title: Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/Marisol McDonald no combina

Author: Monica Brown
Publication Date: September 27, 2011
Grade Level: Elementary Grades 2 - 3

Multicultural Theme
• Cultural Diversity
• Overcoming Obstacles

Materials
• The book Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no
combina by Monica Brown.
• Printed blank worksheets (blank top space for picture/bottom space lined
for writing)
• Pencils (one per student)
• Print out with a lined shape of a person on it (one per student)
• Colored Pencils (2 packs per group)
• Crayons (2 packs per group)
• Safety scissors (one per student)

Standard
• CCSS.ELA- Literacy. RL. 2.2 – Recount stories, including fables and folktales
from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or
moral.
• CCSS.ELA- Literacy. RL. 2.3 – Describe how characters in a story respond to
major events and challenges.
Objective
• Students will be able to illustrate and explain how the main character in the
story responded to challenges by individually drawing one of the challenges
and writing a short description of how the character reacted to it with 95%
accuracy.
• Students will be able to recall and identify the lesson of the story through
an individual hands-on activity and class discussion with 95% accuracy.

Procedure
• Introduce: Show the book Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/Marisol
McDonald no combina by Monica Brown. Have students look at the book
cover and say, “We are going to learn a bit about differences of cultures
and challenges people may face. Do you know about different cultures?
Have you ever had challenges with others and the way you appear?” Briefly
discuss culture diversity. Ask students about possible obstacles there may
be in the book.
• Read: Teacher reads the book aloud to the whole class.
• Discuss: Teacher will ask five questions, one by one, in front of the entire
class. The whole class will discuss each question, what it means, and what
ideas they have for answers. Also, what can be learned about facing
challenges and the overall moral of the story.
❖ Question 1: Why do you think some people were confused by the
way Marisol acted?
❖ Question 2: How do you think Marisol felt when she was told by
others that she, “couldn’t match if she wanted to,”?
❖ Question 3: What challenges did Marisol try to combat and make an
attempt to change in the story?
❖ Question 4: In the end, what did Marisol learn and what did she
decide for herself?
 ❖ Question 5: How do you think you would feel if you were treated the
same way Marisol was? Explain why it’s important to allow people to
be who they are.

Activities
• Working individually, students will be given a worksheet that has a portion
for drawing and a portion for writing. They will draw one of the obstacles
that Marisol faced in the book on the top and write a brief description of
what the picture is about. Students will use: blank printed worksheet,
pencils, colored pencils, and crayons.
• Students will be given a paper that has the shape of a person. Students will
cut out the shape and draw about their own cultures on the paper.
Students will hold up and share their drawings, notice the differences in all
their pictures, and reflect on the lesson. Students will use: printed paper of
person shape, safety scissors, colored pencils, and crayons.

Evaluation
• Teacher observation during the lesson and class activities.
• Teacher reviews and evaluates students’ activity worksheets.