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What is Humanity?

Lesson
1
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What is Humanity?

Grade

Kindergarten

UNIT

9

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Humanity

Last Updated:

June 5, 2025

Unit 9, Lesson 1, “What is Humanity?” introduces the spelling and definition of the word humanity. Students will learn examples of humanity, provided by the accompanying video. Additionally, students will practice the correct spelling of humanity, write a sentence about how they have shown humanity, demonstrate comprehension through a pictorial demonstration, and practice conversation skills by sharing their sentences and illustrations with a partner.

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SUGGESTED TIME:

20 minutes

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  • Correctly spell and define humanity
  • Demonstrate comprehension by producing a pictorial representation 
  • Practice conversation skills by sharing pictures with classmates

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REQUIRED MATERIALS:

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VOCABULARY:

  • Humanity: I see that every person is special. People are more alike than unalike. We all need to work together to make our lives better.

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ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.4

Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.10

Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1

Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1.A

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.A

Print many upper- and lowercase letters.

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CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET

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Civic Character A

Know, understand, and practice the character strengths of fairness, respect, volunteering and contributing to the common good

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Civic Character B

Apply and demonstrate the character strengths of fairness, respect, volunteering and contributing to the common good

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Self-Awareness A2

Identify personal strengths (e.g., honesty, curiosity, listening)

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Social-Awareness A

Demonstrate the ability to empathize and take the perspective of others, including demonstrating awareness of cultural differences and respect for human dignity

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Social-Awareness A2

Demonstrate the ability to care about how others are feeling

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Social-Awareness A3

Demonstrate the ability to listen carefully and intentionally to others

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Interpersonal/ Relationship Skills 1

Initiate and engage in conversation and social interactions with classmates, peers, and adults

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Interpersonal/ Relationship Skills 7

Play games and appropriately participate in small group classroom activities

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Responsible and Ethical Decision-Making 1

Describe a rule or principle that everyone should strive to live by (e.g., be kind, be honest, try your best)

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LESSON PROCEDURE

Today we will talk about humanity. 

  1. Write humanity on the board and prompt students to write it on their worksheets.
  2. Play the video: Let’s Show Our Humanity: A Poem for Kids by The Creative Kids Corner (~1 min) 
  3. Play the video: Heart Touching Video of Humanity by Ranjith RobinHood (~1 min)
  4. Give an example of humanity (e.g., I see that all people throughout the world are special and important.) 
  5. Write three sentences on the board and ask students which one shows humanity:
    1. I do not think that people are special.
    2. People have too many differences to share anything in common.
    3. We all can work together to make our lives better.
  6. Explain to students that even though different people look different, we all belong to one race: the human race. Have students color the picture on their worksheets.

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EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

  • Talk with your students about times that you have seen examples of people demonstrating humanity. You can give examples of family, friends, and/or historical or current public figures.
  • Talk with your students about times in your life that you have demonstrated humanity despite hardships.

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KINDERGARTEN UNIT 9 WORKSHEET 1: WHAT IS HUMANITY?

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Humanity: I see that every person is special. People are more alike than unalike. We all need to work together to make our lives better. 

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Write the word humanity: 

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We Are One Human Race

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Prohuman K-12 Curriculum © 2025 by Prohuman Foundation is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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