2. Respect for Others 3. Issues of Social Injustice 4. Social Movement and Change 5. Awareness Raising 6. Social Action Kahoot!
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https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/93e7117e-876e-49c6-9a02-2e 6e6d60408e Ted Talk Important Quote:
“By addressing these six elements of social justice
education in the elementary classroom, teachers lead students to value themselves, respect the diversity of the world around them, understand how diverse people have been treated differently and often unjustly, recognize that ordinary people have worked to address such injustice, and take action themselves.” Self Respect and Knowledge
What: Why and How:
● Knowing about their ● This is the first building block
background for helping students with the ● Being self-assured other five elements ● Teaches students about the ● How can we, as future “strength and resiliency” of teachers, help teach this to those around them our students? Respect for Others
What: Why and How:
● Helps students understand and ● Creates a respectful learning
respect their classmates and environment that honors others in the community each students’ backgrounds, ● Helps deconstruct stereotypes experiences and ideas and assumptions about others ● Celebrate diversity ● How can we, as future teachers, help teach this to our students? Issues of Social Injustice
What: Why and How:
● Explore the “-isms” ● Why is this important to
● Answer the big question: How teach to our students? does diversity and oppression ● How can we, as future relate? teachers, help teach this to ● Connect the past to the present our students? Social Movement and Change
What: Why and How:
● Students learn about how ● Emphasizes the importance
people fight inequality and the of working together difference between equality ● Learn lessons from the past and equity that we can apply to the ● Everyday people can make a future difference ● How can we, as future teachers, help teach this to our students? Awareness Raising
What: Why and How:
● Students learn how to get ● Our students are the future-
involved in the community and they need to be able to learn about the various social identify systems of inequality issues of their time, and how to and advocate for those who stand up for their beliefs do not have a voice ● How can we, as future teachers, help teach this to our students? Social Action
What: Why and How:
● Students should find issues ● Why is this an important
they are interested in and have concept to teach? them examine both sides ● How can we, as future ● Where is the injustice coming teachers, help teach this to from? our students? The End