Author: Mem Fox
Illustrator: Leslie Staub
Genre: Informational Text
Grade: 1 & 2
Summary:
"Whoever you are" is about children all around the world that share similar experiences with emotions, interacting with friends, learning, eating, and sleeping. Although, the way we go about receiving what we need looks different for everyone because we may not speak the same language or look the same. On the inside, we are all alike. This book takes you across cultures and generations with beautiful paintings and teaches us to welcome our differences, while acknowledging our similarities and loving both.
Element 2: Respect For Others
This book allows children to learn about themselves and what makes them similar and different to others around them. Through this exploration of self and the world around us, teachers can facilitate discussions about culture, racism, discrimination, and equity. This can also start conversations around social movements and actions that have helped shape the world today.
Activity:
I would first read this book to my class and have everyone draw a self-portrait. On their portraits, I would have them write traits or words that describe them or that they love about themselves. Then for my 3rd graders, I would partner them up and have students create a venn diagram. In the venn diagram one student would write traits or words about themselves and their partner would do the same in the other circle. In the middle of the diagram, they would write all the traits they have in common. The activity would help students to understand what they love about themself and learn about a classmate in the process. For my second graders, I found a worksheet with pictures from the story. They would cut out these pictures and sort them by ways the story showed us we are the same and different.
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