Grades 4-5 Lessons of the UUA Lifespan Mosaic Curriculum

five late elementary-aged school children of various ethnicities, standing beside each other with their arms around each other's shoulders and smile at the camera. A park is blurred in the background.

The UUA’s Mosaic Lifespan Curriculum contains simple multimedia lessons specially-designed for the learning needs of Kindergarteners through adults. The lesson plans are available for free from UUA.org once your facilitators have completed the required online training with the UU Institute. The course is free with the coupon code “mosaic.”

Lessons for fourth-to-fifth graders include:

  • Identifying, Naming and Sharing Our Identities Outside of Race and Skin Color
  • Identifying, Naming and Sharing Our Racial, Skin Color, and Cultural Identities
  • Celebrating Our Differences
  • What is Cultural Appropriation
  • Learning to Recognize Bias and Stereotypes
  • Letting Anger Lead Us: Harnessing Our Feelings to Move Towards Justice
  • What is “Black Lives Matter” and Why is it Important to Unitarian Universalists?
  • Creative Jam: Imagine the Beloved Community