Discrimination at School?

Duration: 3 period(s)

Suggested level: Secondary 3, 4, 5

Subject: Ethics and Religious Culture, English Language Arts, Law

Description

This teaching tool touches on both ethics and religious culture. It lets students explore the themes of justice, tolerance and the accommodation of differences. The activities include lectures, personal reflection exercises, discussions based on two real court cases and a case study done in groups.

Students have a chance to compare views and examine how guidelines for reasonable.

Pedagogical objectives

Encourage students to reflect on the themes of tolerance and common good, which are sometimes in conflict
Increase students’ knowledge of the Charters and the notion of reasonable accommodation
Analyse the concept of discrimination from an ethical and legal perspective

Subjects and subject-specific competencies

Ethics and Religious Culture:
- Competency 1: Tolerance, justice
- Competency 3: Engaging in dialogue
English language arts:
- Competency 2: Represents her/his literacy in different media

Duration

Three classes

Connections with other subjects

History of Quebec and Canada (Societal choices in contemporary Quebec)
- Sociodemographic change and ethnocultural identity

Broad areas of learning

Citizenship and Community Life: Promotion of the rules of social conduct and democratic institutions

Cross-curricular competencies

Uses information: Puts information to use
Solves problems: Analyzes the components of a situational problem
Exercises critical judgment: Forms, qualifies and expresses his/her opinion

External pedagogical tools

Website of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (Québec’s human rights commission)
Des droits pour tous et toutes: La Charte des droits et libertés de la personne (PDF) (FRENCH ONLY)
Des droits pour tous et toutes: Les demandes d’accommodement raisonnable (PDF) (FRENCH ONLY)
Des droits pour tous et toutes: L’obligation d’accommodement raisonnable (PDF) (FRENCH ONLY)

External resources

Text of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Text of Quebec’s Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms

Discrimination at School?