Birds Flock to Respect Diversity We discussed how we each have our own likes and dislikes and it shows up in many ways - in our art, our writing, our clothing choices, the foods we like.  No matter how different our likes are we each have to have a heart, a brain, and lungs.  We could lose our arms or legs but we could not live without our heart , brain or lungs.  Each student received the same basic pieces - the bird's body and wings - to create their own individual bird. Kindergartners, Bixby Elementary, Bixby

Students studied the different kinds of animals in North America, Africa, and Australia, then drew them.  It helped them recognize the animals’ differences and similarities. As the students talked about the animals they recognized the differences in themselves.  They also recognized and talked about the similarities of the animals to each other.  All these ideas are combined in this 50 pound disk.   First and Second Graders, Orvis Risner Elementary, Edmond

The tree and symbols that represent diversity at Monroe Elementary School begin at the base of the tree.  This foundation includes parents,  their family heritage and values, PTA, staff and  community.     The roots of the tree are how change begins.  The roots represent loving self and others; opening minds and hearts; thinking about our own thoughts and actions; making the right choices; and a willingness to speak out for what is right.     The trunk is how we nurture change. Here is where acts of kindness are shared.   The tree top (branches and leaves) holds the beauty of diversity.    Students, Monroe Elementary

This project incorporates elements of diversity, unity, and harmony.  It outlines the differences in religion, cultures and backgrounds.  You can be different and have different opinions, but still live together peacefully. Eighth Graders, Mercy School, Oklahoma City

After brainstorming about our rainbow themed artwork, we chose to have a curved back (rainbow shaped) park bench where students will brainstorm words, symbols and images about diversity and acceptance that will be painted as a mosaic on our piece titled A Seat for Rosa.  This is in honor of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat.   K-12 Students, Geary Public Schools, Geary

Our children listened to quotes from A Million Visions of Peace.   They were asked to imagine their own vision of peace and to design a pinwheel for peace.  The hundreds of pinwheels were displayed on the International Day of Peace as a collective of individual expressions of peace. Students, Charles Haskell, Centennial, Will Rogers and Sunset Elementary Schools, Edmond

We believe that on the other side of adversity lies hope and wonder. We want to morph ourselves and the world into a place of peace and beauty for all and so choose to always Dream In Color. Fifth Grade Students, Woodlands Elementary School, Ponca City

We are working on portraits of famous African Americans for our Black History Month Art exhibit.  The students came to a consensus that Martin Luther King Jr. embodied what they felt a person who respected others should be like.  Together we looked at quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.  We settled on “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”  5th Grade Students, Western Village Academy, Oklahoma City