What is the history of Islamophobia and what is its current state in Canada?

1. Brief introduction to the religion of Islam – video
2. History of Islamophobia
3. Islamophobia in Canada – activity in OneNote

HOMEWORK:  Complete “Islamophobia” activity in OneNote

1. In your groups from yesterday, share your learning from the resource you reviewed about the history of anti-Semitism
2. Debrief and make connections to anti-Semitism
3. What is the state of anti-Semitism in Canada today?  Read this article
4. Discuss recent event in Montreal

HOMEWORK:  Keep working on your Stage 2 Action

Yesterday we got an overview of Jewish faith and culture.  Prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people, known as anti-Semitism, has been occurring for thousands of years.  Criticism of Jewish self determination and statehood is known as anti-Zionism.

1. Are Anti-Zionist beliefs anti-Semitism?  Let’s watch this video for context.
2. In groups of 4, students will each explore a document to uncover the history of anti-Semitism and its impacts on Jewish people.
   a) In the OneNote activity, take notes from your chosen resource
   b) Share amongst the group and add additional learning to your chart (colour code according to resource)

HOMEWORK:  Stage 2 action

We will begin with a land acknowledgement.

Today’s class will provide you with the opportunity to learn more about the physical, political, and human geography of Israeli and the Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza).

HOMEWORK:  Continue working on your Stage 2 action

We will begin with a land acknowledgement.

We will continue to explore the concept of ethical judgment and analyzing language to determine a source’s perspective.

You have an activity to complete in OneNote:  you will analyze 3 different newspaper articles reporting on the same event.

HOMEWORK:
1. Analyzing documents for ethical judgment (OneNote assignment)
2. Working on Stage 2 Action Plan

Today we begin our next unit, A Just Peace for Palestine and Israel

This unit will explore the history of the region and events up until October 2023 as events are still unfolding in the region.

1. Video – Understanding the Historical Thinking Skill of Ethical Judgement – this will be key in the unit
2. Practice looking for ethical judgement words/language
3. Exploring the concept of “facts, perspective, narrative, your truth”
4. Practice applying this concept with a video clip from Trevor Noah

Today we will look at the federal government’s current plan to address homelessness.

a) What do the experts believe should be included in the plan?
b) Let’s look at the plan – did they get it right?
c) A Squamish man’s response to the federal governments plan

Lastly, we will look at two cities in Europe that have solved homelessness.  Yes it is possible!  How did they do it?

We will begin with a land acknowledgement from Eva.

1. 25 minutes to complete the center box of your placemat
2. Solutions from the provincial and municipal governments to tackle housing supply

Eva will get us started with a land acknowledgement.

In class assessment – you will be analyzing the BC government’s current plan to combat homelessness in relation to learning from the unit on the CAUSES of homelessness and the 5 Principles of HOUSING FIRST policy

We will begin with a land acknowledgement.

We have looked at the causes of homelessness, heard voices from the community, and explored the current statistics in BC and across the country.  How can we solve homelessness?

The Housing First policy is a comprehensive solution to homelessness that takes into consideration all the causes, limits barriers to accessing housing, and places the individual at the center of the plan.  Let’s watch this introductory video.

In OneNote you have an activity to complete where you will learn more about the 5 guiding principles of Housing First.

HOMEWORK:
1. Complete today’s activity on Housing First
2. Review the PowerPoint slides on the 4 causes of Homelessness (on Teams-Unit 4 Homelessness channel-Files)

*In class assessment on Monday:  analyzing the BC government’s current housing strategy in relation to the key causes and Housing First policy