WHAT IS DIVERSITY?

Diversity is an assortment of different kinds of things. Look around you at all the different trees, buildings, clouds, and books there are. And all the different kinds of hats, shoes, and jackets.

Look around your school. How many different colors of hair do you see? How many shades of skin color? How many different languages are spoken in your classroom? How many different kinds of food do people bring from home?

Check out all these resources that help us think about what diversity means and why it's important.


FOR KIDS

Kids Health helps us define diversity, prejudice, and respect.

PBS Kids has great stories, games and other fun stuff.

Recommended reading to explore diversity through reading, for young adults and kids.

Schoolhouse Rock, from the 1970s, still sounds good when it sings about America's diverse history.


FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS

From parenthood.com, "Playing Smart: Cultural Diversity for Kids": lots of resources for learning about arts, holidays and games from other cultures.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children has helpful tools for dealing with diversity in languages.

Disability World talks about the importance of teaching kids about diversity and difference.

Tolerance.org, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is dedicated to "dismantling bigotry, valuing diversity."

Click here for a page of links to sites we like that are dedicated to education and diversity.