Discrimination

Discrimination is defined as distinguishing differences between things or 

treating someone as inferior based on their race, sex, national origin, age or 

other characteristics.
An example of discrimination is when a company refuses to hire women 

because they are women.

Respect

Respect (noun) means a feeling or show of honor or esteem for someone or 

something. 
An example of respect is the feeling a student has about a great teacher.
Respect (verb) is defined as to feel or show esteem or honor for someone or 

something. 
a. An example of respect is being quiet in a cathedral.
b. An example of respect is truly listening to someone speak.
c. An example of respect is walking around, rather than through, protected 

wilderness.

Racism

Racism is a belief that one race is superior to the other or the practice of 

treating a person or group of people differently on the basis of their race.
a. An example of racism is believing that Caucasians are superior to 

African Canadians.

b. An example of racism is refusing to hire a South-Asian person for a job. 

Teacher Talk: You have had an opportunity to brainstorm your ideas, and 

many of you have several ideas on your section of the placemat. Take some 

time now to look at your section of the placemat and circle two that you think 

are the best examples of a contributor to our community or the world. Be 

ready to share your two ideas with your group.

Facilitation Note: Give students time to consider which two people they 

would like to share from their brainstorming list.

Teacher Talk: You will now have the opportunity to share your two ideas 

in your group. Make sure that everyone has an opportunity to share. Once 

everyone has shared, you will collaboratively choose one name that meets 

many of the criteria that we discussed earlier (refer back to the qualities of a 

contributor that were documented in the Anchor Chart in Step A) and you will 

put that name in the centre of the placemat. This might be a person who has 

made a significant contribution to society or someone who everyone in your 

group knows or admires. 

Black Canadian Curriculum – Junior – ETFO – 2014