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Welcome to Choose Your Voice

Free online teaching resources that are curriculum-­based for grades 6, 7 and 8 to help students learn about the dangers of bigotry and intolerance.

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  • 4 teaching units with inspirational videos
  • 4 lessons plans with multiple activities and discussion guides
  • Provincial Curriculum Connections

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Students will learn about the dangers of hatred and stereotypes. Choose Your Voice encourages them to be respectful of human dignity and diversity.

UNIT 1

The Voices of Stereotyping

UNIT 2

Voices from the Past

UNIT 3

Voices from the Present

UNIT 4

Choose Your Voice

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The Choose Your Voice video series is composed of powerful and moving first-hand interviews with people from different communities who have faced oppression and discrimination.

Ben Mulroney
Introduced by Ben Mulroney
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What is Choose Your Voice?

Choose Your Voice tackles the issue of exclusion head on and encourages students to uncover some of the historical and present-day narratives of groups who have faced discrimination in Canada. Such narratives are often left out of the mainstream curriculum. Students hear first-hand accounts of experiences of intolerance from the African-Canadian, First Nations, Jewish, and Asian communities, among others.

  • Teach the 4 units together or independently, in one lesson or multi-lesson integrated unit
  • Connect learning to specific events such as Remembrance Day, International Women’s Day, Human Rights Day, Black History Month, and Holocaust Education Week

The framework for each unit includes: keywords, video and discussion, and activities to connect, explore, evaluate, debrief and consolidate.

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“Before we started learning about the Holocaust, I wasn’t really sure what it meant. I was in for a real shock. I find it difficult to comprehend that some people could be so cruel. The killings were so systematic. They had a plan that they thought must be followed. I learned that hatred breeds hatred, and if we don’t learn about the past, history will repeat itself. If it did, I would hope I had the courage to stand up and speak out against it.”
– Student, Nova Scotia
“Choose Your Voice enlightens, empowers and teaches the children, not only about themselves, but also of the importance of a world that is free of racism and free of judgment. It encourages them to love one another and respect other people, no matter where they are from.”
– Principal, Vancouver School Board, British Columbia
“This is such a fantastic [program]! I’m so impressed with the content and activities. Whoever designed it, really understands what teachers need in a program –it’s well balanced with multimedia, group/independent work and follow up.”
– Teacher, Upper Grand District School Board, Ontario

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