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=Inquiry Questions to use with the Diversity and Community Anticipation Guide for //SEEDFOLKS// =

People in a neighborhood always get along.

 * Why is it that people sometimes don't get along in a neighborhood?
 * What keeps neighbors from getting along?
 * Do you know all of your neighbors? Which get along with best?

It is easy to make a difference your community or neighborhood.

 * What makes it easy to make a difference in our community?
 * What makes it hard? What are some obstacles to making a difference?
 * What would it take to make a difference in our community?

Nature is a way for people to be drawn together.

 * If you agreed, how does nature draw people together?
 * Do you like to be in the mountains/forest?
 * Is nature peaceful?

One person can make a difference in the world.

 * Has someone made a difference in your life? How did they do it?
 * Have you made a difference for someone else?
 * What are some of the ways people make a difference? Are they always big ways?

Good things that happen in one part of the world don't affect things that are going on in other parts of the world.

 * Does what happens in your neighborhood affect what happens in your school?
 * Does what you eat for breakfast affect how you feel all day?
 * Does the news across the world affect what happens at our school?
 * If so, how?

People who do good things always know exactly whom they will affect.

 * What are some ways you do good things that people might not notice?
 * Name the most recent nice thing someone did for you. Did they think it was a big deal?
 * Have you been affected by someone who didn't know they were affecting you?

People of different races should try to keep to themselves.

 * Why is it important to embrace people of all races?
 * Why do some people like to be separate? Do you like to be separate from others?
 * What is it like to feel different?

Sometimes differences in people don't matter.

 * Do any of you have friends who are completely different from you?
 * Can we learn from people who are different from us?
 * What if the world acted and talked and thought the same?
 * How have differences in people created problems in your life or in history?