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Pick Me Last: Discussion Guide
This discussion guide for the story Pick Me Last focuses on Social-Emotional Learning skills for Social Awareness and related Executive Function. It addresses appreciating diversity, discrimination and racism, tolerance and appreciation, the power of voice, popular vs. cool, and being an upstander.
When Pessy gets picked on and picked last, she doesn’t get upset. Instead, she rises to the challenge and reclaims her respect.
The story Pick Me Last demonstrates Social Awareness on a one-to-one level and a community level. Scientific studies over the past century have well established that prejudice and irrational bias are the results of learned behaviors rooted in ignorance, fear, and insecurities. Children are not born with prejudice, racial, religious, or gender bias toward others. The formative, developmental ages of 8-10, are a valuable time to take a proactive stance against these problems. This story models conflict resolution for personal, gender, and racial biases. It models how individuals can stand up for themselves and how groups can unify to stand up for each other. Most importantly, it models how self-respect can be developed by respecting others.
When Pessy gets picked on and picked last, she doesn’t get upset. Instead, she rises to the challenge and reclaims her respect.
The story Pick Me Last demonstrates Social Awareness on a one-to-one level and a community level. Scientific studies over the past century have well established that prejudice and irrational bias are the results of learned behaviors rooted in ignorance, fear, and insecurities. Children are not born with prejudice, racial, religious, or gender bias toward others. The formative, developmental ages of 8-10, are a valuable time to take a proactive stance against these problems. This story models conflict resolution for personal, gender, and racial biases. It models how individuals can stand up for themselves and how groups can unify to stand up for each other. Most importantly, it models how self-respect can be developed by respecting others.
24 pages, Paperback
Published March 17, 2022
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