Day 2: making change

Ice breaker activity: "Its Mutual"

SJ intro: Kahoot

Trump's travel ban discussion.  A look at some comments from NBA players.
Comment from Iranian American citizen: CLICK to watch
Comments from NBA players: CLICK to read
Comments from an NBA coach: CLICK to watch
Trump fires attorney general: CLICK to read

Relational attitudes.

How do we make change that is effective/lasting?
Why do we make change?

Dr. Brene Brown on empathy: CLICK to watch

Collect in any icebreaker questions that have not been completed.

Define: a) Bias, b) Prejudice, c) Discrimination, d) Stereotype

Bring field trip $ for tomorrow.

Day 1: Social Justice intro

Class outline: please have your parent/guardian read this over with you and sign it.

Field trip forms and $30 to be handed in ASAP.

Profile forms to be filled out and handed in.

Current events: Shooting at a Canadian Mosque.  Trump's travel ban in the US causes confusion.  Protesting the travel ban.  CLICK to watch

Day 84: End of the semester

Some emotionally, powerful exit interviews today.

Wow.

Congratulations on a great year overall.

Best wishes next semester.

Day 83: Final exit interviews

Some powerful reflections in todays interviews.

Such thoughtful reflection and analysis of course topics.

Excellent job!

More to come tomorrow.

Day 83: final wrap up

Teacher/course evaluation

Final presentation

Current event: the World marches to support womens rights CLICK to watch
Newstag: Womens march CLICK to march

Oral interviews begin tomorrow.

Day 82: Final project presentations

4) Salvation Army: Kettle campaign

5) Leave Out Violence (LOVE)

6) Richmond Food Bank

Day 81: Final project presentations

Group 1: Downtown Eastside Women's Centre

Group 2: HOPE (International Development Agency)

Group 3: Project ABC (partnering with PATHWAYS Clubhouse and Covenant House)

Awesome job everyone!

Day 80: planet in peril

Students signed an academic honesty sheet regarding the dates on which they volunteered and the specific duties involved.

CNN's Planet in Peril trailer: CLICK to watch

CNN's Planet in Peril - a look at China CLICK to watch part 1.  CLICK to watch part 2

CNN's Planet in Peril - a look at shark finning CLICK to watch

Time to finalize your presentation for tomorrow

Day 79: Final projects

Final projects due on Thursday/Friday this week.

Remember times for exit interviews next week.

Day 78: Consequences of social injustice

How does this lead to:
a) Environmental degradation
b) Species extinction

Plastic Island: CLICK to read/watch this CNN documentary

Species vanishing: CLICK to read/watch

Day 77: Debrief

Debrief of Oligopoly

How do the rich become richer?
Examples of regulations.  What was the result of you landing on this square?  Who benefits?
Examples of deregulations.  What was the result of you landing on this square?  Who benefits?  Who is harmed?

Criteria for volunteering presentation project.  Due on Thursday and Friday.

Final exit interviews next Tuesday, Jan 24th and Wednesday, Jan 25th.
10 minute interviews: you talking about what social justice means to you.  Incorporating a mix of ideas that you have learned and other points that you have researched.
a) Defining Social Justice
b) Recognizing and Analyzing Social Injustice
c) Moving toward a Socially Just World

Day 76: Oligopoly

Board game:

1. How do you become rich?  What are some factors that allowed you to become wealthy?
2. Examples of REGULATIONS?  Who benefits?
3. Examples of DEREGULATION?  Who benefits?  Who is harmed?
4. What is community wealth?  Free trade zones?

Debrief tomorrow.

Day 75: Corporation continued

Watching portions of President Obama's farewell speech.
CLICK to watch
A reflection of social issues discussed this year.

Corporation.
What is a corporation?
How does a corporation demonstrate "psychopathic" tendencies.
A view of sweatshop conditions in developing nations.

Day 73 + 74: group presentations

Child Soldiers: Afghanistan

Child exploitation: Brazil

Child exploitation: Thailand

Child labour: Somalia

Child soldiers: Myanmar

Child labour: Eritrea

For your infographics make sure that these are not too reliant on text.  These should incorporate more visuals and be easy to read.

Day 72: Globalization

What is Globalization?  Watch "Globalization easily explained" CLICK to watch

Handout: Why is globalization so controversial

Crash Course: Globalization and Trade and Poverty CLICK to view

Analyzing The Corporation

Day 71: project prep

Are you ready for Monday?

• Rehearsed?  Know your material without the use of notes?
• Timed?
• Evenly distributed parts?
• Visuals?
• Infographic?
• Video clip (timed?)
• Responsible for individual/group parts of the assignment?
• Detailed assessment - personal contribution to the project?

Please arrive before the start of class to load your assignment.

Or email the updated link to your Google Slides assignment if you have not already done so.

Day 70: Government interests

Key dates:

Group presentations: Monday, January 9th and Tuesday, January 10th.

Volunteer Presentation: Thursday, January 19th and Friday, January 20th.

13th: interesting thought about government: in the USA a look at the privatization of prison systems.  Reaping huge benefits - jailing more people.  Corporation influencing legislation.
Privatizing corrections facilities (food/phones/healthcare contracts)/probation (ex. making $ off of GPS monitors)/parole.  Inmate labour - slave labour (prison industries).
Time to end mass incarceration - how do reform the justice system?

Day 69: Government interests - who do they look after?

Project presentations on Monday, January 9th.
Time in class to work this Thursday.

13th: How are politics used to create social injustice?
Three interesting ideas discussed/proposed in the documentary?

Day 68: Day before the break

Breakfast with Santa this morning.

Time to work on your project.

Day 65: Infographics

How to create infographics.
Using canva.com

Purpose of infographics.
Examples of different infographics: CLICK to view