After a zoom version of Simon Says we dove into a discussion about the seven principles. With a little time the group remembered four out of the seven principles ( UU Seven Principles ) and then we talked about the proposed 8th principle. We focused on the words “diversity,” “beloved community” and “racism.”
We listened to a new principle song which includes the 8th Principle!
Following the eighth principle discussion we took at look at the following picture.
We discussed what these drawings show and we focused in on the difference between equality and equity. In a future lesson we will hopefully have time to talk through different scenarios. For a first round, I’d say the children did great. Connecting these pictures to their understanding and the meaning of symbolism is hard work. We also connected this type of work to discrimination with this photo.
We ended with a quick scavenger hunt for things in our house that reminded them of the 7th Principle: We believe in caring for our planet Earth, the home we share with all living things. After a short period of running around we came up with a plastic bottle (to remind us of how much work we have to do), several plants, and glasses of water.
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