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I forgot to mention on Thurs. that we're going to start a mini Inquiry Project next week, requiring use of a laptop or other device. I have booked some from the library, but those can be questionable (battery level, age, how fast they are, if someone has picked the keys off...) and there are never enough for each person (this isn't a group thing). As such, if you have a laptop, iPad with a keyboard, or other electronic device you are comfortable using to research and write (in a Google document), please feel free to bring it! Hope you have a great weekend, and if you Climate Marched, I look forward to hearing about it! (& don't forget to finish assigned questions + response write from Monday's article!) ~Ms. Hlina
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki, at age 12, speaking at the Rio UN Earth Summit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJGuIZVfLM
Rio+20 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FmSxmpitBA Mother Nature video: "Nature Is Speaking" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmVLcj-XKnM Other Nature Is Speaking Videos by Conservation International, starring voices of Robert Redford, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, and more: conservation.org/nature-is-speaking "How a Black Student Paid the Price for Racism and a Vancouver School" - more time to work on questions. FINISH for next day, including 2-paragraph response. READ: Alternate viewpoint - Boy who made the racist video apologizes and is apparently "doing volunteer work and to be taking counselling as part of a 'restorative action' plan developed with his parents and the school board"; however, his family's apology is not circulated to students, parents, or community. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/racist-video-teen-byng-1.5292367 Thoughts? Several students at Breaking Down the Walls Training (Student Leader Volunteers)
Current Events: “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!” tweeted the US president late on Monday night. (in response to Greta Thunberg’s impassioned speech at the UN) Greta Thunberg's Speech at UN Climate Action Summit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAJsdgTPJpU "How a Black Student Paid the Price for Racism at a Vancouver School" by Katie Hyslop Article (reading) assigned last day, to be completed for today. Questions - Can work with a partner or in a small group to complete; each person should write their own answers. Final Question is a 2-paragraph journal response. Time in class to review reading and complete questions. (50 minutes) Link to original article online: https://thetyee.ca/News/2019/09/11/Vancouver-School-Racist-Video/ Link to handout with questions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OUONd4pKmSKWtvV9gEouwidUfsXxtWp-ygFpXUJAIZI/edit?usp=sharing Check out this link from The Tyee by Ritika Goel (Sept. 19, 2019) <https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2019/09/19/Trudeau-Brownface-Symptom-More-Dangerous-Disease-Racism-Canada/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=091919-3&utm_campaign=editorial-0919&fbclid=IwAR3VNLRuujxYrHUGfUD3EvvWDkaAhMscrrYbGFwQ-GyZNEIPENYn9TpOcmY> "Trudeau’s Brownface Is a Symptom of a Much More Dangerous DiseaseWe live in a racist society, and outrage over each new incident won’t change it. Here are 12 things that will." <https://www.facebook.com/rose.c.handy?__tn__=%2Cd*F*F-R&eid=ARDrYkkxsvGdte8Lj4f504ph5ZxPG3hxs0RFAn_KWuQ7zHyFh0-GFMWPUKL1Xi9dPBcwU7kPvEefSAPT&tn-str=*F> Via Rose Cathy Handy on FB: This Blackface is NOT the Racism that concerns me My daughter engaged me in a conversation last night after the media circus started. When I told her that I'm not bothered by those photos generally and I'm not hurt or offended by this one. I am more offended that this will prevent a serious conversation on the real racism in Canada. I’m seeing that the media actually has airtime to allocate to a real Racism talk if they wanted to engage in that real talk. They should be using this time for it. She seemed puzzled She: "but it's racist to wear a blackface" Me: " maybe, sometimes, it depends on the intend" She: "so you think Trudeau's photo is not racist?" Me: " Honestly not this photo" She: " but it is racist to wear a blackface" Me: " That's absolutely NOT the racism I'm concerned about. I am more concerned about these different racism 1. where over 86% of visa applications from sub-Saharan Africans are rejected in Canada 2. where school principals call the police on black kids systematically thus throwing them in the criminal justice system, but for other kids they just call the parents and talk it over 3. where landlords refuse to rent to black people especially Black single mothers in ridiculous numbers 4. where International aids to African countries are cut and the money is diverted to wars 5. where Universities reject or restrict black kids’ applications in medicine, aerospace, other stem. 6. where most governments only have 1 black cabinet member even when they have more elected representatives to choose from 7. where Crown prosecutors demand trials systematically for Black kids instead of mediation, knowing that they can’t afford lawyers 8. where the hiring processes are rigged to decrease the number of Black people who access a higher level of positions 9. where only one Black organization gets funded per cycle no matter how many apply I can go on and on These are the racisms I want the media to talk about, especially when there are elections. These are the racisms that affect people, not some 20 years old costume photo of a politician, an actor, an actress, an athlete…etc. Current Events Takes Over SJ Class! Images of Trudeau in blackface (as Harry Belafonte singing "Day-O" in high school) and brownface (dressed as Aladdin for an event when he was a teacher, in 2001). https://globalnews.ca/news/5921332/justin-trudeau-brownface-photo/ https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/trudeaus-aladdin-brownface-picture-controversy-reveals-2-more-instances-of-blackface Video from Global News after the 3rd instance (video) of Trudeau in black- or brown-face emerges: https://globalnews.ca/news/5922861/justin-trudeau-brownface-video/ (check out the 2.5 minute video near the top to hear clips of Trudeau apology + Singh, Scheer, and May responses) Discussion Questions: 1. What are/were your first thoughts/reactions? 2. What do you think about Scheer and Singh's responses? (note: I did not see a response from Elizabeth May in time for class) 3. Will this make a difference to voters? Should it make a difference? Why or why not? 4. Other candidates (MPs) have been called to resign for similar offenses, past and present. Should Trudeau resign? Is an apology - or now series of apologies - enough? For Homework: Read article "How a Black Student Paid the Price for Racism at a Vancouver School", by Katie Hyslop (sourced from The Tyee, Sept. 11, 2019 TheTyee.ca) You don't have to do the questions - just read the article for Tuesday. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OUONd4pKmSKWtvV9gEouwidUfsXxtWp-ygFpXUJAIZI/edit?usp=sharing
Viola Desmond - What did you learn about her, in your quick research?
Documentary: Long Road to Justice - The Viola Desmond Story (44 minutes) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI00i9BtsQ8> Journal Response Write: In the documentary, one of the narrators - Sgt. Craig Smith, RCMP - refers to Canada as "a mirror or a microcosm" of events going on in the USA. Do you think this is true in 2019? Explain. Video clip - Cultural Imperialism (www.standforfamily.org)
"Imposing one's values on another country or culture through bribery, blackmail, coercion or deceit." YouTube - 5 minute clip of longer documentary: UN/USA + withdrawing aid money from countries refusing to allow 2SLGBTQIA+ people rights = cultural imperialism? (what do you think?) Conflation of 2SLGBTQIA+ = HIV/AIDS --> Comprehensive Sexual Education = promotion of unsafe sex (?) --> abstinence first (how well does this work?) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ad8jsz79Bj1t4Fi4TjH5y12ytpKc9R_5kCGb6moxT4g/edit?usp=sharing Social Justice 12 Vocabulary (notes completed) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kYVloZV6VlXol8vqtVwNc-ltR8V9spak8d-_08kgMYc/edit?usp=sharing Injustice - Little Rock Nine article (from 2 classes ago - scroll to link) Next Day: If you haven't figured out who Viola Desmond is, yet, please do so! Intros:
Name Pronouns Why did you choose to take SJ12? What SJ issues are you most interested in? Classroom Agreement - discuss what we want out of a classroom agreement/experience this year, brainstorm on board, look at some other agreements (from groups/organizations), refine ours and agree on it. (Will post completed agreement, and students will get a copy.) Social Justice Vocabulary - each student given a small strip of paper with 3-4 related terms on it. - Make notes on what you know about these terms, and any questions you have about them. Do NOT look anything up (yet); this is to see what is/isn't familiar. - After a few minutes --> Find others in the class who have the same terms (2-3 other people). Compare your current-knowledge notes and questions - can you help each other understand the terms better? - Look up any terms you're still not sure about. You'll share your terms with the rest of the class next day, so make sure you feel reasonably confident about them. Reminder: Coming back to Little Rock Nine handout/discussion questions and Viola Desmond mini-research (who was she, why was she important, how does she connect with LR9?) next class. Please complete Student Info Survey (link on home page of this website) in the next week or so. Intro: Name, Pronouns, 2 Random Factoids Vote As If... (meme - see below) Small group discussion: 1. Who is the intended audience? 2. What is the message/take-away? (more than one?) 3. Which minority groups are mentioned or implied? 4. Why include these specific issues? 5. Where do you think this meme/image originated (geographically)? Why? 6. Do you think this would be an effective message? (to who and why/why not?) 7. Is it important to vote? Handout - Injustice & The Little Rock Nine (Google Doc and PDF formats below) Segregation/Integration in schools (USA, 1957) Read and consider Discussion Questions on back of page (for next day) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UuRagxhd1XBvB1qs2s5qhx85Xoe6ykxEY0VtQsGKQHI/edit?usp=sharing Research: Viola Desmond - Who was she? - Why was she important? - Connection to this article? - Connection to discussion questions (from Injustice & The Little Rock Nine article)?
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