Intermediate Senior Social Justice Resources

Framed around key concepts of media literacy, the Facing Online Hate tutorial examines how the Internet is used to spread and incite hate, how radicalization occurs, and how youth encounter hate online both through traditional hate sites and “cultures of hatred”. The tutorial also provides strategies for building critical thinking skills in young people to help them understand the nature of online hate, how they may be targets and how to respond appropriately when bias, stereotyping and hatred are encountered online.

In this lesson students learn how digital media is used to promote or combat hatred and intolerance.

In this lesson students learn about the inherent tension within democratic societies between freedom of expression and freedom from hatred. They also learn how Canada has addressed these issues within the Criminal Code of Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

This lesson starts with an interactive quiz that teaches students about the ways in which hate may be encountered online.

In this lesson, students learn about the difference between legitimate debate on a political issue and arguments that are based on hate.

In this lesson students learn about the ways that propaganda techniques are used to promote hatred and intolerance online.

In this lesson, students develop a deeper understanding of scapegoating and othering and how these factors may contribute to the promotion of hatred and intolerance.

In this lesson, students develop their critical thinking skills by learning to recognize various types of logical fallacies, including those that are used by hate mongers to spread misinformation and fuel hatred and intolerance.

A portal page where lessons on a variety of lesson plans addressing hate and its consequences can be found.