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