• To educate students about past and present social justice movements
• To help students understand how their everyday choices affect others in society
• To raise students’ awareness of and encourage their involvement in community issues
This program is designed for middle and high school students.
It reinforces analytical thinking and reasoning, reading comprehension
skills, and civic responsibility. It also meets the following
U.S. national standards for education:
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Students will …
• Analyze techniques used to convey views or impressions
• Use discussion with peers as a way of understanding information
• Use a variety of criteria to evaluate the clarity and accuracy of information
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Students will …
• Know and understand historical and contemporary examples of citizen movements seeking to expand liberty
• Understand the decisions that lead citizens to become independent, active members of society
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Students will …
• Understand and apply the basic principles of presenting an argument
• Understand and apply basic principles of logic and reasoning
Just Choices is designed to educate students about social justice movements and their effects on society. The goal of the program is to motivate students to become involved in a cause that they care about and to empower students to realize that if they chose to do so, they can make a positive difference in their communities.
This 20-minute video complements the Just Choices program as it teaches students about a modern-day social justice movement. The video documents the journeys of four high school students, Apryl, Angela, Richard, and Zach, as they investigate the roles and treatment of animals in society for a class project on social justice. As the students learn about the movement, its victories and struggles, and the role of animals in society, they realize that they can make a difference through the choices that they make.
Included with this educational program are the following components:
• This four-page teachers’ guide
• Four reproducible student-activity masters
• One Just Choices video
• One Just Choices wall poster
• One teacher-response card
