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Teachers will be able to use this lesson virtually or in-person! This Google Slide deck lesson can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint! Speaker notes are included which make it easy for teachers or substitutes to teach this lesson!Literacy Standards: 4.5 a, b, c, f & jScience Standards: 4.3 a & b 4.8 a, b, c & dSocial Studies Standards: VS.9 a VS.10 b & c Authors: Melissa DiAscro, Rebecca Fausett, Annie Schmidt, Lindsey Bruce, & Kari Nugent(Hampton Oaks Elementary School) 

This lesson sequence offers students and teachers a way to explore gender and cultural identity through analyzing children’s literature and coding with Scratch, specifically exploring the importance of names to our identities. Through read-aloud activities and self-differentiated Scratch projects, students learn about the importance of names in reference to both gender and culture, and have a chance to explore and express ideas about their own names, brainstorm creating school environments supportive of diversity, and reflect on their own bravery and resilience. This sequence is broken into seven lessons, though your students may need additional class time to work on their projects.This lesson sequence is part of CodeVA's committment to the U.S. Department of Education "YOU Belong in STEM" initiative.