Goal:
To provide an opportunity to talk about differences such as mental and physical ability and to link common responses to these differences as a form of prejudice.

Activities:
1. Read the story “Mark and Paul” by Pia S. Muran-de Assereto

2. Discuss:
Have you ever known a boy or girl like Paul?
How did you feel when you first saw him or her? (Feeling scared or confused around people who are different from you is normal. But remember, underneath the differences that person is a person just like you.)
Do you think Mark could have said something more to Harry when he teased? What? Why would that have been hard to do?

3. Open Your Circle