Highlights of Choose Your Voice
Choose Your Voice offers four action-packed units that explore prejudice, stereotypes, and historical oppression. Students will learn from a variety of media, lessons, activities and discussions, with opportunities to brainstorm, share and compare, participate in class discussions and create graphic organizers. In original five-minute documentary videos, narratives of historical events are described first-hand by survivors.
Written by teachers for teachers, the lessons that follow are easy to use, thought-provoking and powerful. Minority groups such as Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, and First Nations are represented in the resource to offer students a wide range of perspectives and well-rounded education on the topics presented.
Curriculum Connections
Choose Your Voice supports learning outcomes for grades 6, 7 and 8. View curriculum connections for each Canadian province and territory.
For higher grades, visit the Voices Into Action site.
All resources are provided free of charge, and include:
- Award-winning videos with compelling messages about the dangers of racism
- Lesson plans with multiple activities
- Fact sheets, featuring incidents involving a range of communities, support the goals of the lessons
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UNIT 1
The Voices of Stereotypes
Teaches students the concept of stereotyping, helping them to understand how powerful and hurtful stereotyping is to everyone.
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UNIT 2
Voices from the Past
Highlights episodes in Canada’s past that involved racism and antisemitism. Students learn that hateful acts involve victims, bystanders, and perpetrators.
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Fact sheets:
UNIT 3
Voices from the Present
Builds students’ awareness of recent racist and homophobic incidents and helps them to understand the components of a hate crime.
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Fact sheets:
UNIT 4
Choose Your Voice
Moves from history into action by examining real-world heroes. Students identify strategies for responding to prejudice and hate-filled incidents.