Jan 25 2013
Which Bag Do You Prefer?
In addition to preparing for our Author Celebration, this week, we have been talking a lot about our community, in particular the human race and where we fit in it. We have had some pretty powerful conversations about race and the color of our skin. With that, we have talked about how all people are alike; all having a heart, all having feelings, being capable of feeling pain, etc.
Yesterday, I brought in two bags and told the kids I had a present for them. As a class, they needed to decide which bag to open together. They were told that they could only have the gift from one of the bags. I laid out two bags in our circle- a plain, brown paper lunch bag, and a beautiful, elaborately decorated gift bag with fun fish on it. As a group, the class chose the elaborate bag to open. We opened it and saw tons of Hershey’s Kisses inside. I asked the kids if they had any interest in what was in the plain, brown bag. We opened it as well and to the kids’ surprise it was filled with the exact same thing- tons of Hershey’s Kisses.
So what does this mean to us? I asked the kids.
After struggling through what we had seen (Its so silly! They are the same!!! Regan said) (Why are they the same?! said Dylan) we came to a couple interesting observations. I asked the kids, “So if these two bags were people, and you had to choose between who was the better person, could you choose?” The kids said,
It wouldn’t be fair to choose, we have to be nice to everyone and know them inside. Makenzi
Like we don’t know who would have better moves by looking. Like in karate. How would we know? Neither one is better. It wouldn’t make sense to choose. Dylan
We can’t see if one person is better- if they’re black or white. It doesn’t matter because we don’t know them. Tajanaye
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