powerpoint is meant to establish an atmosphere of acceptance within the classroom

1. Tolerance & Intolerance

2. What is it?

3. Let me tell you what happened to me Walmart Personal Trainer Two little cousins with me Lady cuts I say something politely Ignores me NOW I GOT CRAZY!!!!

4. What happened there?

5. Its time to take a stand! Please stand if you have ever been the victim of intolerance.

6. Lets review some examples

7. The Holocaust?

8. Jim Crow?

9. The Rodney King Riots?

10. Burning the Quran?

11. Hate Speech?

12. Bullying/Cyber Bullying?

13. How this applies to you? What’s the leading cause of death among students your age in the US?

14. Car accidents

15. #2 Accidents/not car related

16. #3 Suicide

17. Hmmmmm? What causes someone your age to want to kill themselves?

18. How would you feel if someone went home and hurt themselves because of something that you said?

19. In teacher school…

20. And then imagine that school is your only safe place

21. But now the kids in school are giving you a hard time!

22. So what does this have to do… Learning about other culture and countries CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES Have to be mindful about our own prejudices Let others speak their mind Agree to disagree Respectful Humans/people w feelings

23. If we do not learn from history we are doomed to repeat it!!!!!

24. Intolerance in History Armenian Genocide

25. Genocide in Darfur

26. The Holocaust

27. Japanese internment camps

28. Jim Crow

29. Jena 6

30. Zoot Suit Riots

31. Mexican Repatriation

32. ARE YOU… A victim A spectator A perpetrator A combatant The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. Dante 1265-1321

33. First they came for the Jewsand I did not speak outbecause I was not a Jew.Then they came for the Communistsand I did not speak outbecause I was not a Communist.Then they came for the trade unionistsand I did not speak outbecause I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for meand there was no one leftto speak out for me.