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Inquiry Question
(Why) do people choose to be silent?
Learning Goals
- Students will learn that being silent is worse than speaking up
- Students will understand why people decide to be silent
- Students will acknowledge that a single action can have a bigger impact
"I figured the most valuable thing I could sacrifice was my own voice, but it was like I hadn't realized that I had given that up a long time ago.” - Clint Smith
HEADS DOWN
What impact does this story have on you?
1. Have you ever been a bystander?
2. Have you ever held back your voice?
3. How does this story make you feel?
4. What do you think of people who don't
use their voice to stand up?
“In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends” - Martin Luther King Jr. (1968 speech)
Reasons Behind the Silence
Contemporary Reason
Other Reasons
When someone who finds a persons opinion objectionable in its undertones
- To avoid conflict and a difference of opinions
- Afraid of being judged
- Scared of showing
vulnerability
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The next best thing is the wrong thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Historical Reason
Contains deeper feelings brought out from the current situation
Involves patterns of communication during your childhood and past time
1. Silence is deemed approval
2. The greater good should be the priority
3. Demonstrate you are invested
4. No one else may know
5. You may not be alone in your thinking
(Why) do people choose to be silent?
"The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people." - Unknown
1. What is the impact of this Ted Talk ?
2. How can their story change a persons mindset/perspective?
3. How has it changed yours?
Our Opinion
How does this story relate to privilege, power, and oppression?
Privilege: A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.
Oppression: Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
- The state of being subject to unjust treatment or control.
- Mental pressure or distress
I'd rather suffer the consequences of truth than of silence.
Ani DiFranco
Connections
Kahoot:
https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=d7825d3f-71e4-444a-aa51-945960fd1beb