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Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

How should you offer advice and opinions?

Part One

Our democracy needs your help - What did the hypocrite say to the hypocrite? Don't be a hypocrite

Hot Takes

Dr. Shelley Alexander

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Reflection Activity

  • Find a partner and discuss this story. How can you help heal our divides and improve the health of our democracy? How can you be a better critic? How can you accomplish both goals, starting with your project in this class?

Did this story leave you with a question? 

The best questions will be answered by Environment and Climate Change Canada’s scientists on video just for you! Make sure you include your name and school.

Part Two

YOUR TEACHER WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE ACTIVITIES BELOW THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROJECT.

Be Constructive

Be a better critic. Get more constructive feedback. It's time to learn how to review and be reviewed.

Critique

Learning is in the doing. Critique science stories before reviewing your classmates.

Time to Test

Show off everything you've learned and test your nearly complete final project. * Recommended

Peer Review

After pitching your project, it's time to review and be reviewed. * Recommended

Part Three

Featured Hot Take

When we don’t own our hypocrisy, things get messy. Really messy. So, it’s about time we start cleaning up our public discourse, right Your Honour?
 
Hon. Janet Austin helped lead the YWCA and helped lead the province of British Columbia, serving as Lieutenant Governor. 
 
We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like every course you take in school, but they are all related. By listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.
  • How can we put forward and debate issues in a constructive way that enhances our democracy?
  • Do you think we need to be more patient when it comes to advancing our ideas for change? Do we ask for too much, too quickly?
  • Do we need more empathy for those that we disagree with?
  • Do we need to be more inclusive of voices who have opinions informed by experiences different from our own?
  • Do you listen to differing opinions? Or do you only listen to different opinions from within your own community or echo chamber?

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Additional Resources

Chapter Five

Here’s How

Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Chapter Six

Your Turn

Chapter Ten

Keep Going

Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Chapter Eight

Be Better

Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)