The 7th grade Social Studies are ending on all different places within the Civil Disobedience unit. Some classes were canceled more than others, plus their pace of learning is either faster or slower. For the kids who have finished their Final Project on Taiwanese Civil Disobedience, I still have one more lesson up my sleeve.
review words: Climate change (from our refugee unit on Human Migration)
Video: Chinese Americans Protest Oil Pipeline, 川普撤銷油管停工令 UN力挺蘇族權益
Introduction: Who are the Sioux? Where do Native Americans Come from? Listen and Write, then highlight the vocabulary and write the Chinese meaning.
People in the U.S. state of North Dakota are angry because an oil company is building a giant pipe near their land. The oil company wants to build the multi-billion-dollar oil pipeline under a lake near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The Sioux people are Native Americans who have been on the land for thousands of years. The Native Americans have been joined by many protesters. They are all trying to stop the $3.8 billion pipeline from passing near Sioux land. They say it will dirty their drinking water and make it undrinkable. They also say the pipeline will damage sacred Sioux sites. A Texas-based company, Energy Transfer Partners, owns the 1,885-km pipeline project. It is almost complete. They were recently joined by veterans from the U.S. military. These are retired soldiers, sailors and members of the air force. The veterans have built the protestersshelters to keep warm in the freezing winter. There has been violence between the protesters and police. A North Dakota spokesman said some of the protesters were "frightening". He said: "It's time for them to go home." However, Coast Guard veteran Ashleigh Jennifer Parker said: "We will be unarmed, completely prepared for peaceful protest. We don't even like the word 'protest'. We're there to help the water protectors."
About which American state is this news article?
What is the name of the Native American people?
How much money did the pipeline cost?
What do people think will become dirty because of the pipeline?
How long is the pipeline?
For how long have the protesters been on the site? April 2016 – February 2017
What did veterans build for the protesters?
What has broken out between protesters and police?
What did Ashleigh Jennifer Parker use to belong to?
What word don't the protesters like?
PROTEST (Group Activity): How would you protest against these things? How angry would you be? Talk about this with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.
Wordsworth was a romantic poet. He believed that people should try to understand the natural world by interpreting their emotional reactions, rather than through scientific investigation. He really liked daffodils. This poem follows a ABABCC (iambic trimeter) rhyme pattern.
Writing techniques:
simile 明喻（的運用）
EX: The lines "She walks in beauty, like the night..." from Byron's poem contain a simile.拜倫的詩句「她在美中徜徉，如同…的夜晚」中含有一個明喻。
personification- 擬人化 giving human qualities to an object or idea
EX: They paidtribute to the artist as "the personification of excellence."
Easter Sunday commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the most important Christian celebration. The date of Easter Sunday changes every year, and that changes the date of all the important holy days that come before Easter. It falls between late March and late May. Easter is so important because Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead, two days after he died on the cross. Jesus’ dead body was buried in a cave on Good Friday and two days later the stone that covered the cave’s entrance had been moved and Jesus’ body had gone. Various people saw Jesus in the following days and his followers understood God had raised him from the dead. Historians say this happened some time between 26 and 36 AD. People celebrate Easter in many ways around the world. It is a very busy time for churches. Many Christians light a special Pascal candle on the evening before Easter. This represents the rising of Christ. There are special songs and hymns which people sing in church. Children like Easter because their parents and grandparents give them chocolate Easter eggs, a sign of new birth. Schoolchildren usually decorate eggs and display them in their school or give them as gifts. Other things associated with Easter are the Easter Bunny and spring flowers like irises. An unusual Easter tradition in Norway is to solve murder mysteries at Easter. Television channels show murder mystery shows.
Pre-Reading Activity: How might these foods hurt the environment自然環境? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.
Vocabulary: Write the Chinese meaning and then write a sentence in English. (A Class Vocabulary)
1.banner (n.) (a big picture which you put in the street)
2.resist (v.) (stand against something or somebody).
3.White House (n.) (where the president of the USA lives)
The organization組織 Greenpeace綠色和平 does not like president Trump. It puts a banner near the White House. The banner reads “RESIST”. It is yellow and orange. It is 21 by 11 meters big.
Vocabulary: Read the English meaning and write the Chinese meaning. (A Class Vocabulary)
1.operate (work, be)
2.poo (brown waste you leave in the toilet)
3.tank (a thing which has space inside for something like water or gas).
4.gas (fuel for cars and trucks)
This news is about a bus. The bus operates in England. It runs on gas. This gas comes from human poo! The bus can travel 186 miles (299 km) on one tank of gas. It can transport up to 40 people. The bus is good for our planet. People produce the gas. The bus can always have enough gas.
Questions:
1.Why is this bus good for our planet?
2.Do you think all buses and cars should use this kind of gas? Explain why or why not:
Vocabulary: Highlight in your reading. Then use a dictionary to write the Chinese meaning above or below each word. (Vocabulary Games: A Class/ B Class)
awareness
pollution
boost (v.)
public
preserve (v.)
extremely [very]
proud
trainers [British English: sports shoe, American English: sneakers, tennis shoes]
1. Given the previous readings, would you change anything about your diet 飲食 now that you learned more of the harmful effects to yourself and the environment? 2. How willing are you to tell your parents to consume less beef or shellfish? 3. Would you consider becoming a vegetarian 素食者 or vegan嚴守素食主義者? Even for a few days a week?
Guiding
Questions: Think about your understanding of bias, stereotype,
prejudice, discrimination and privilege. These concepts work in collaboration
with justice. Can we have a just world where prejudice and discrimination
exist? What part does privilege play? [Unit ppt]
I. Vocabulary: To fully understand justice, we need to include these
words in the discussion: (Vocabulary Review Games)
1. Bias:automatic preference, unconscious choice, can be positive or negative 偏見；偏心；偏袒
1.
a
fixed idea of someone or something that categorizes a group of people.
B. Discrimination
2.anautomatic choice, preference about someone or a
group
C. Prejudice
3.
treating
people poorly because they are different from you, have a difference skin
color or race
D. Stereotype
4.the choice of supporting a bias, negative opinion or judgment
E. Bias
5.an advantage that only one group has over another
III. Activity: How
Privileged Am I?
On a scale of
1-10, ten be the most privileged, where do you think you fall? ______
The following activity will help determine how privilege can
affect a person’s life. Record your points on a piece of paper. Total your
points at the end.
1. If you are a male, give yourself 3 points.
2. If there have been times in your life when you skipped a meal
because there was no food in the house, subtract 1 point.
3. If you have visible or invisible disabilities, subtract 1
point.
4. If you attended (grade) school with people you felt were like
yourself give yourself 2 points.
5. If you grew up in a farming setting, subtract 1 point.
6. If your family had private health insurance, give yourself 2
points.
7. If your holidays coincide with religious holidays that you
celebrate, give yourself 1 point.
8. If you feel good about how your self-identified culture is
portrayed by the media, give yourself 1 point.
9. If you have been the victim of physical violence based on
your gender, ethnicity, age or sexual orientation, subtract 2 points.
10. If you or your parents have ever felt passed over for
employment based on your gender, ethnicity, age or sexual orientation, subtract
1 point.
11. If your parents studied or lived in an English speaking
country give yourself 1 point.
12. If your English is higher level, give yourself 2 points.
13. If you have been divorced or impacted by divorce, subtract 1
point.
14. If you came from a supportive family, give yourself 3
points.
15. If your grades are above 80% give yourself 1 point.
16. If one or both parents were able to complete university,
give yourself 2 points. Add one point for each additional grandparent who
completed university.
17. If you have always been able to easily buy clothes in your
size, give yourself 1 point.
18. If your parents, borrowed money or took out loans for your
education, subtract 1 point.
19. If you had more than 20 books in your house while growing
up, give yourself 1 point.
20. If you have ever felt unsafe walking alone at night,
subtract 1 point.
21. Add one point for every time you have traveled outside your
country.
Reflect:
The closer to 20 your score, the more opportunities you have had
in your life.
·What do you understand about privilege and justice from this
exercise?
IV. What is
Justice? Fill in the graph below.[++
Grammar just/unjust is the adjective]
Justice (noun) 公正，公平；正義
Injustice (noun)不公正；不正義
Example
sentences:
1. There's no justice in the world when people can be
made to suffer like
that.
2.They were aware of the injustices of the system.他們知道這種體制的不公正之處。
Name Examples in History: 1. 2.
Name Examples in History:
The administration of law,
especially the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules
of law or equity
The management
of what is just, especially by the impartial judgment of conflicting claims,
rewards or punishments
The principle or ideal of
just dealing or right action
V. Activity:
The five standards talking about justice.
1. Recognize stereotypes and relate to people as individuals
rather than representatives of groups.
2. Recognize unfairness on the individual level (e.g., biased
speech) and injustice at the institutional or systemic level (e.g.,
discrimination).
3. Analyze the harmful impact of bias and injustice on the
world, historically and today.
4. Recognize that power and privilege influence relationships on
interpersonal, intergroup and institutional levels and consider how they have
been affected by those dynamics.
5. Identify key figures and groups, seminal events and a variety
of strategies and philosophies relevant to the history of social justice action
around the world.
Refer to the five anchor standards during the next activities: To
consider what these anchor standards might look like in the school setting,
read the following scenarios.
Scenario 1
Shawna timidly approaches her teacher, Mr. Bradley, after
school. She explains that her uncle, who picks her up from school, frequently says
negative things about Western people, and it has been making her feel
uncomfortable. “He says that I shouldn’t be friends with Renee and Jeffrey
anymore because their fathers are American,” Shawna says, “but I love all my
friends!” Mr. Bradley tells Shawna that he’s proud of her and is sorry that she
has to deal with something so difficult. He knows that Shawna’s parents would
never approve of the way her uncle is talking and promises to call them that
evening to discuss the situation.
Think about Shawna’s story. Which of the five Justice anchor
standards are demonstrated?
Scenario 2
A class is discussing products made in China and products made
in Taiwan. Kelly mentions seeing on TV that most of the clothes sold are made
in other countries where workers aren’t protected the way Taiwanese laborers
are. She notes that even though workers’ conditions have improved, it
doesn’t mean that we should ignore injustice elsewhere. She and several other
students are inspired to go home and talk to their parents about purchasing
clothes from companies that practice ethical manufacturing. They also plan to
set up a clothes swap to help reduce wastefulness.
Which of the five Justice anchor standards are demonstrated in
Kelly’s story?
Scenario 3
While Mrs. Douglas’s class is discussing immigration, some of
the students start talking negatively about a Vietnamese student in another
class, accusing his family of immigrating illegally. Julian speaks up, telling
his classmates that it’s not appropriate to use stereotypes and spread rumors
about others. Julian tells them that the student’s family immigrated
because they believe life in Taiwan offers more opportunities. He urges his
classmates to respect their decision and says that the family’s status is none
of their business. “Life must be hard enough moving to a strange new country,”
he says. “Don’t make it harder for him by saying that he doesn’t belong.”
Think about Mrs. Douglas’s class story. Which of the five
Justice anchor standards are demonstrated?
Scenario 4
Karen notices that many of her school’s facilities are not
accessible to those with disabilities. Many students have difficulty navigating
the school and are often late to class as a result. Karen decides to look into
building plans to determine if any accommodations are available for those in
the community with physical limitations. She forms a focus group of students
and faculty to come up with effective solutions to the situation.
Which of the five Justice anchor standards are demonstrated in
Karen’s story?
++++ I had wanted to wait until we studied Labor or Environmental Justice to talk about this next case study, but decided to show it to the students now and see what kind of discussion we could have, at least plant the seeds of labor and environmental injustice.
1975-1991 RCA failed 8 Taiwan Labor Ministry health tests
1984- fire in RCA warehouses destroy all company and
government records
1992 RCA factory closed down
1994 Workers begin to link sicknesses with RCA
1998- 1000 workers sue RCA
2006- Volunteer Legal Team file Taiwan’s first Class Action Lawsuit
against RCA and parent companies
2009- First worker testifies in court April 15, 2015- The court
ruled in favor of the victims but for only 1/5 the amount and not everyone was
compensated
1. What was the dark side of Taiwanese economic development?
2. Who is the company? Parent companies?
3. RCA took 3 environmental surveys and didn’t
tell their workers. What example of injustice is this?
4. Why couldn’t Taiwan hit RCA on legal
penalties for polluting soil and water?
5. How were white collar workers privileged blue collar workers?
6. Not only was groundwater contaminated, but
so was the _____. RCA was recirculating contaminated air and not f________ it
out.
6. How was Taiwanese scientific methodology different
than those from RCA?
7. Why didn’t the workers think justice was
not done?
