How were your moral foundations scores assessment different from:
Other people in the class?
The other person in your life you got to do them?
Did your moral foundations score reveal anything about yourself to you? If so what?
Does learning about moral foundations theory change the way you think about people who disagree with you? If so how?
Is it a good thing or bad thing to spend time only with people who share your values? Why?
Do you believe that some things are absolutely right or absolutely wrong? How does moral foundations theory fit into this belief?
Due: January 13, 2020
Journal 2: Power, Privilege and Oppression
How do you relate to any of the following:
identity,
the centring of dominant identities,
the single story versus the multiple-faceted story,
privilege,
external oppression (thinking about the different types of oppression),
internal oppression,
microaggressions, or
reverse racisms
Minimum of a page combining any of the above ideas as discussed in class.
Due: January 20, 2020
Journal 3: Aboriginal People and Allyship
Journal Assignment. At least 1 page. Possible prompts:
Has your perspective on Aboriginal people or history changed over the course of the last week? If so, how?
Has your perspective on your identity as a settler changed over the last week? If so, how?
How does it feel to be a settler? Does it come with a responsibility?
What can Settlers do be allies to First Nations people?
Some believe that First Nations people are suffering because they make bad choices. How might you respond to this?
Due: January 31, 2020
Journal 4: Gender and Feminism
Topic prompts:
What can we do to support feminism or gender equity issues in our school?
What can I do to be an ally to the feminist movement?
What can I do in my own life to better support feminism or advocate for my rights and interests as a female in the world?
Due: February 24, 2020
Journal 5: Race and Racialization
Reflect on anything we have covered regarding:
white privilege,
different perspectives on racial issues,
BLM and it’s social context,
perceptions of the BLM movement,
whether protest has to be peaceful, or
what allyship looks like for the BLM movement
Due: March 13, 2020
Journal 6: Race and Radicalization - Asian themes
Immigration
Islamophobia
The US Presential Election and its implications
Due: March 11, 2020
Journal 7: The Realities of Coming Out
The Kinsey Scale
Gender, sexual oreintation, and sex on a spectrum
LGBTQ bullying, poverty, or suicide
The Stonewall riots and LGBTQ History
BLM Protest at Toronto Pride
How do you want to take action on an LGBTQ issue or be an ally to the LGBTQ community?
Due: March 16, 2020
Journal 8: Trans Issues
Journal 9: Genocide
What can we do to prevent genocide in the world?
A major part of how genocide is able to take place is through what we sometimes call the “bystander affect” when people who are not actively participating in it do nothing. In a situation where the majority of people are doing something, it takes courage to go against the grain and stand up for what you believe to be right. Do you think you would have the courage to do that? If not, what could you do to cultivate that courage?
What motivates people to commit genocide? What can we do prevent countries in the early stages of genocide (stages 1-4 ish) from escalating to stage 9 or 10?
Do western countries have a moral obligation to act if a soveriegn country commits genocide against it’s own people? Explain.
After the Rwandan genocide, many people were forced to be neighbours with people who killed their family members during the genocide. How is it possible for people to move forward after something like that? Is it possible? Could you do it?