Promoting Healthy Equal Relationships Resource Package
Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Resource Package supplements the following Ontario Curricula: Health and Physical Education, Grades 1 to12; Language, Grades 1 to 8; English, Grades 9 to 12; Canadian and World Studies, Grades 11 and 12; and, Social Sciences and Humanities, Grades 9 to 12.
Additionally, the resource supports the following: The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat Character Development Initiative: Finding Common Ground: Character Development in Ontario Schools, K–12, Engaging Our Students, our schools and our communities, 2006, and The Ontario Ministry of Education's Violence-Free Schools Policy, 1994.
Description
Ontario Women's Directorate
Grades : 1-12
Concepts : Gender, relationships, abuse, prevention, equality
Subjects : English, Health and Physical Education, Social Sciences
The contents of this resource have been developed by:
The Ontario Government
Equality Rules lesson plans for Grades 3, 4/5, and 5/6 (Internet copy only)
Equality Rules lesson plans for Grades 7, 8, and 9 (Internet copy only)
Equality Rules website: www.EqualityRules.ca*
The Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC)
Tips for Girls: Building Healthy, Equal Relationships
Tips for Boys: Building Healthy, Equal Relationships
RePlay Positive Video Game: Youth Stuff
RePlay Positive Video Game: Handbook for Parents
RePlay Positive Video Game: Handbook for Educators
RePlay Video Game (Internet copy only): www.metrac.org
Springtide Resources and the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
Tip Sheet for Parents (in nine languages including English and French)
Tip Sheet for Educators (English)
Roots of Equality: Lesson Plans for Grades 3, 4, & 5
Roots of Equality: Workshop Outlines for Grades 7 & 8 Girls
The Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children
Tools for Change (Internet copy only) www.toolsforchange.ca*
The White Ribbon Campaign
White Ribbon Campaign in a Box: includes manual of lesson plans and journal
* These websites contain links to additional websites and resources. CSC has verified the parent website, but has not evaluated the resources that the listed website links to or refers to. CSC checked the links on September 4, 2007 but cannot verify that the links and references have been maintained beyond that date.
CSC Evaluation
Curriculum Correlation
Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Resource Package supplements the following Ontario Curricula: Health and Physical Education, Grades 1 to12; Language, Grades 1 to 8; English, Grades 9 to 12; Canadian and World Studies, Grades 11 and 12; Social Sciences and Humanities, Grades 9 to 12.
Additionally, it supports the following: The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat Character Development Initiative: Finding Common Ground: Character Development in Ontario Schools, K–12, Engaging Our Students, Our Schools and Our Communities, 2006, and The Ontario Ministry of Education's Violence-Free Schools Policy, 1994.
Content
Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Resource Package is comprised of fifteen resources that include lesson plans, websites, a game, and a kit. The Roots of Equality lesson plans feature a table of contents and, where appropriate, glossaries, illustrations, charts, graphic organizers, and resource/reference lists and blackline masters for activities. The resource package addresses safety precautions relevant to the subject; e.g., the White Ribbon Campaign in a Box offers information for victims, relatives, friends, and neighbours on how to recognize and address the signs of abuse. The resource package includes websites that provide opportunities for students to learn and practise grade-appropriate technological skills; e.g., Equity Rules and the RePlay Positive Video Game require students to make choices and solve problems while navigating a series of scenarios.
Methodology
The Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Resource Package presents content and concepts in an appropriate, inclusive context; e.g., parent tip sheets in Roots of Equality are available in several languages including Punjabi, Somali, and Spanish. The resource package provides students with opportunities to communicate their findings and results in a variety of media; e.g., the Replay Positive Video Game enables students to input their own comments and characters into the game scenarios. Community links are frequently cited in the resource package for students, educators, and parents.
Assessment
The Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Resource Package offers suggestions for assessment in the Roots of Equality workshop, the Replay Positive Video Game Handbook for Educators, and the Equality Rules lesson plans.
Format
The Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Resource Package provides a variety of materials that include user-friendly, interactive websites, pamphlets, graphs, charts, photographs, and diagrams that enhance learning, facilitate independent use, and help to hold the learner's attention. There are many different options for use in classrooms and schools as well as by community groups. Relevant Canadian resources are listed wherever possible.
Bias
The Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Resource Package presents a balanced perspective. The Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Resource Package provides students with opportunities to demonstrate respect for themselves, other individuals, and groups, while helping them to develop the skills that foster cooperation and teamwork, responsible citizenship, respect for human rights, social justice, and the building of healthy, inclusive relationships. The resource reflects an awareness and sensitivity to areas of bias—appearance, belief systems, disabilities, family structures, gender, race, ethno-cultural, and socio-economic.
Review Recommendation
Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Resource Package supplements the following Ontario Curricula: Health and Physical Education, Grades 1 to12; Language, Grades 1 to 8; English, Grades 9 to 12; Canadian and World Studies, Grades 11 and 12; and, Social Sciences and Humanities, Grades 9 to 12.
Additionally, the resource supports the following: The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat Character Development Initiative: Finding Common Ground: Character Development in Ontario Schools, K–12, Engaging Our Students, our schools and our communities, 2006, and The Ontario Ministry of Education's Violence-Free Schools Policy, 1994.
Contact Information
Louise Moyer
Senior Partnership Development Specialist
Ontario Women's Directorate
777 Bay Street, 6th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 2J4
416-314-0338
Fax: 416-314-0256
e-mail: louise.moyer@ontario.ca
http://www.ontariowomensdirectorate.gov.on.ca
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