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TITLE:    Bibliotherapy - Prejudice

AUTHOR:   Connie Eastburn, Mapleton School District
          Mapleton, OR

GRADE LEVEL/SUBJECT:   Appropriate for primary or
     intermediate.  Language Arts

OVERVIEW:  Teaching children about the perils of prejudice
is challenging.  The book The One Hundred Dresses, written
about 50 years ago addresses this subject.  While the faces
have changed, the lessons remain.

OBJECTIVES:  Students will be able to:
1.   Utilize their many varied talents in completing a
     set of activities.
2.   Record their responses in journal form.

RESOURCES:
Teacher materials = Book/The One Hundred Dresses
         by Eleanor Estes.
     Training in the Talents Unlimited Model.

Student materials = A "Talents" trained teacher,
        journal, pen, pencil, colors

ACTIVITIES:
1.   List the many, varied events or set of circumstances
     which might have caused Wanda to make up the "dresses
     game?"
2.   Describe Wanda using many, varied single words.
3.   Describe how the students felt after Wanda's family
     moved.  Use many, varied, single words to describe
     their feelings.
4.   Have you ever hurt someone's feelings and gotten in
     trouble for it?  What did you do?  Share by recording
     in your journal, a time when you felt like the girls in
     the story felt after receiving the letter from Wanda's
     father.
5.   Design a dress for Wanda's collection using many,
     varied, and unusual ideas.
6.   In the story, the school class had a drawing contest.
     Design a unique contest for the class.  Tell what you
     are going to do.  Tell all the materials you will need.
     Tell the steps you need to follow in order to make your
     plan work. List any problems you may have, and then
     write ways you can improve your plan.
7.   What are the many, varied strategies the children could
     use to prevent future problems with minority students?
8.   Write a letter of apology to Wanda and her family, for
     the way she was treated by the class.  Use many, varied
     complete thoughts.
9.   Some people say that prejudice is like a poison that
     makes people treat others in a negative way.  Think
     about some things that are poison and complete this
     stem. "Prejudice is as poisonous as . . ."  Complete
     the sentence with many, varied phrases.

Adopted from:  A Novel Approach to Talents