Choose Your Voice: Free Resources! Grades 6, 7 & 8

This free resource includes various lessons on historical acts/systems of racism in Canada including lessons on slavery, the Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver, and Residential Schools among many others. More current examples of oppression are also included. This resource (the recipient of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation Award of Excellence 2010) focuses on teaching students about the importance of speaking out against oppression and provides profiles of many Canadians who have risked their lives to helps others. It is a good introduction to anti-racism education and can be modified and supported with additional resources (i.e. lessons on white privilege, power inequities, patriarchy and colonialism). For more information see the Fighting AntiSemitism Together website. 

Choose Your Voice: Antisemitism in Canada
Educational Program for grades 6, 7 and 8 students:
- DVD in 4 segments (Duration: 22 minutes)
- Teacher’s Guide with 4 lesson plans or activities; DVD Discussion Guide
- Provincial Curriculum Connections
The Choose Your Voice resource kit was originally designed for teachers of students in Grades 6, 7 and 8 based on provincial curriculum requirements. It is also adaptable for high school students, ESL and gifted learners.
The kit gives teachers tools to help their students learn about the dangers of hatred and stereotypes, and find their voices to combat them. It encourages students not to be bystanders or perpetrators but heroes, by speaking out.
It meets curriculum requirements for many different subjects:
Language Arts – English, French, Writing
Social Sciences – History, World Issues
Religion
Physical Education – Health Unit
Arts – Drama, Music, Visual Art and Dance
It is also used in programs for Safe Schools, Character Education, Anti-bullying and Holocaust Education. It was designed to be flexible so that lessons can be taught individually or as a unit.
The kit contains four lesson plans, written by a team of teachers and curriculum experts. Each lesson contributes to a better understanding of the ways in which we construct stereotypes and the ways in which prejudice and misunderstanding have contributed to our past and our present in Canada.
Fact sheets on specific incidents can be used for research and relate to the goals of the lesson. Many different racial minorities are profiled. The kit also contains an award-winning DVD with compelling messages about the dangers of antisemitism and racism.
Our new English kit includes a free poster (20” wide by 30” deep) for classrooms, libraries and hallways. Download the FAST poster in PDF format (206 Kb).
Fact sheets on specific incidents can be used for research and relate to the goals of the lesson. Many different racial minorities are profiled. The kit also contains an award-winning DVD with compelling messages about the dangers of antisemitism and racism.
To order a bilingual version please see our French site.
For information about the Choose Your Voice Education Program, please click on order your free copy or Contacts.