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The Dangers of Silence

By Brynne, Kate and Luci

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

Media Context

"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

Overview

Overview

  • Stories from childhood and how they would play out differently if he spoke his truth
  • Consequences and dangers of silencing yourself (what it does to not only you, but others)
  • Not having any opinion is considerably worse than disagreeing with another person's opinion
  • He told people the things they wanted to hear instead of the things they needed to hear

Group Discussion

Group Discussion

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?

Extended Research

“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

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

Emotional Reason

Historical Reason

Contains deeper feelings brought out from the current situation

Involves patterns of communication during your childhood and past time

5 Reasons Why You Should Speak Up

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

Our Opinion

(Why) do people choose to be silent?

Impact

"The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people." - Unknown

Group Discussion

Group Discussion

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

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

Conclusion

I'd rather suffer the consequences of truth than of silence.

Ani DiFranco

Connections

Connections

Trivia

Trivia Questions

Kahoot:

https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=d7825d3f-71e4-444a-aa51-945960fd1beb

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