Social Responsibility materials

[Terri Chalaturnyk <terri.chalaturnyk@SD72.BC.CA>]

Social Responsibility is currently a hot topic in our district and teachers
are looking for fiction that will support the topic, esp. at the grade 4-8
levels.  I am starting to collect titles that will work for the 4 aspects of
social responsibility defined in the BC Performance Standards: Social
Responsibility (Draft), document.  They are:


1. Contributing to the classroom and school community
-sharing responsibility for their social and physical environment
-participating and contributing

2. Solving Problems in Peaceful Ways
-managing conflict: using effective problem-solving steps and strategies
-presenting views and arguments appropriately; considering the views of
others

3. Valuing Diversity and Defending Human Rights
-treating others fairly and respectfully; sense of ethics
-recognizing and defending human rights

4. Exercising Democratic Rights and Responsibilities
-knowing and acting on rights and responsibilities at the local, national,
and global levels
-articulation a preferred future for the community, nation and planet - a
sense of idealism


I'd really appreciate any titles you would recommend on these topics.  I'll
post the list when it is complete.

Thanks,
Terri Chalaturnyk
District Teacher-Librarian
SD#72, Campbell River, BC, Canada
terri.chalaturnyk@sd72.bc.ca

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