Poetry to Rock Your Socks: Combining World Poetry Day and World Down Syndrome Day

Our counselor in charge of No Place for Hate came to the ELA department to ask us to do a poetry assignments that celebrates out heritage, culture, religion, etc. for March 21st. We decided to do a modified I Am poem that includes info about such things.

Then yesterday, we get an e-mail about World Down Syndrome Day and the viral campaign #lotsofsocks to raise awareness on ... March 21st! So with a quick modification to the task, students are going to be exposed to both concepts with the overarching idea of celebrating a world of diversity regardless of race, religion, or how many copies of the 21st chromosome one has, write the I Am poem, and place it on a handout that looks like a sock.

Students then color the socks to reflect identity. Hang them up on a  clothesline, and you have a wonderful celebration of diversity!

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