Quebec Competencies Chart - Break the Fake Lesson Plan: Hoax? Scholarly research? Personal opinion? You decide!
Quebec Competencies Chart - Break the Fake Lesson Plan: Hoax? Scholarly research? Personal opinion? You decide!

Quebec Competencies Chart - Break the Fake Lesson Plan: Hoax? Scholarly research? Personal opinion? You decide!

This lesson is designed to be delivered after students have completed at least one of the following lessons: Thinking About Hate, Scapegoating and Othering and Hate or Debate. In groups, students research an online environment (such as social networking sites) and a particular example of that environment (such as Facebook) to learn the issues, strategies and tools relating to online hate in that environment.

In this lesson students answer a brief questionnaire related to self-image, self-esteem, and advertising, and then work as groups to create and act in mock television commercials that parody advertising techniques.

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.