Choose Your Voice: Antisemitism in Canada is an exciting educational program for Canadian students in grades 6, 7 and 8. Developed by a Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee for FAST - Fighting Antisemitism Together, this resource is being made available to educators across the country in order to empower students to stand up against hatred and intolerance in all its forms. 

Supported by an award-winning DVD, this four-lesson program is a very powerful tool to help young people find their own voices in the face of bigotry. It has been designed for use by educators and meets the needs of the provincial curriculum in the areas of Language and the Arts. The program is designed with flexibility, so the lessons can be taught together as a unit or can stand on their own as individual learning opportunities. Each lesson is accompanied by a detailed lesson plan and sample rubric, a short video segment on DVD, and suggestions for exercises and resource materials for use by students.

Choose Your Voice is an excellent tool that meets curriculum standards while teaching important lessons. The resource was developed to ensure that any student, no matter his or her background, can connect with the key messages. Students will learn about historic and current experiences from people of a variety of backgrounds, including African-Canadians, First Nations Peoples, Chinese and Asian communities, Holocaust and Rwandan genocide survivors, a former racist turned anti-racism advocate, and several students in the targeted age cohort who share their views on what stereotyping means and how it makes them feel.

Since its launch in September 2005, Choose Your Voice has received wide acclaim among educators from across the country.

For more information on FAST, visit www.fightingantisemitism.com.

For more information on Choose Your Voice or to order your copy, contact Melanie Simons at msimons@on.cjc.ca or by phone at 416-638-1991 ext. 5252.


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