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ACCEPTING: Embracing those who are
different from oneself because of physical difference, economic means,
or cultural up-bringing
Vs. Exclusionary, discriminating, snobbish
- SUGGESTED READING:
Harquoon and the Sea of Stories
Pygmalion
Books about Abraham Lincoln's childhood
Books about Martin Luther King Jr.
- SUGGESTED FILM:
My Fair Lady
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
- Talk to your children to make sure they understand that it hurts
others when they tease another child because his or her parents do
not have much money, or because they behave differently from the way
your child's friends behave.
- Talk to your children about respecting people whose interests are
different from theirs, and about how to deal with people who tease
them. Help them to accept that people are not inferior because they
behave differently or don't like the same things. Help them to be
able to deal with being teased without lashing out or losing their
self-esteem.
CLASS ACTIVITY:
- Discuss with your class the fact that the amount of money someone
has does not determine that person's value. Use the example of
Abraham Lincoln, who was born to poor parents in a log cabin to
illustrate the point.
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:
- Discuss the difference between tolerating what someone is and
accepting them for who they are.
- Discuss whether one should always accept other people's behavior
and the limits that we should hold other people to.
"The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious
ancestry, is like the potato-the best part under ground."
-Thomas Overbury
"Honest differences are often a healthy sign of
progress." -Mahatma Gandhi
"Fanaticism, the false fire of an over heated mind."
-William Cowper
"Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers
and paddles to safety." -Ben Hucht
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