Based on the required resources for this week, explain why social learning and character development are appropriate to include in a social studies curriculum in the primary grades. Then, explain in detail your three top priorities for creating a classroom climate that supports “the common good” and helps meet the diverse needs of students’ social and character development. In addition, thinking about the lesson in the video on “people building” to foster respect in her classroom. Describe an activity you would add based upon one of your top three priorities to reinforce or extend the video lesson.

Drawing on the ideas in chapter four in Mindes (2008), explain and describe two modifications a teacher might make to instruction or assessment in response to the cultural diversity of students in a grade 1, 2, or 3 classroom. Then, explain how these modifications could enlarge respect for diversity among all students in the class. Specify follow-up actions that would be important to include ensuring increased respect continues to develop throughout the school year.

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