Overview
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Classism or Class-based Discrimination
Classism is differential treatment based on social class or perceived social class. Classism is the systematic oppression of subordinated class groups to advantage and strengthen the dominant class groups. It’s the systematic assignment of characteristics of worth and ability based on social class.
That includes:
- individual attitudes and behaviors;
- systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper classes at the expense of the lower classes, resulting in drastic income and wealth inequality;
- the rationale that supports these systems and this unequal valuing; and
- the culture that perpetuates them
Classism is held in place by a system of beliefs and cultural attitudes that ranks people according to economic status, family lineage, job status, level of education, and other divisions.
General Education Resources
- How Poverty Fosters Creative Problem-solving | Curtis Carmichael
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Learning for Justice www.learningforjustice.org
- Equity Matters: Developing Empathy webinar #1
- Equity Matters: Engaging Families Through Home Visits webinar #2
- Equity Matters: Confronting Implicit Bias webinar #3
- Equity Matters: Understanding Equity Literacy webinar #4
- Labor Matters - Lesson plan (Intermediate/Senior)
Performing Arts Resources
- O’Brien, D. (2020). Class and the problem of inequality in Theatre. Studies in Theatre and Performance, 40(3), 242–250. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682761.2020.1807212
- Schneider, A. (2004, July). Teaching drama in a rural setting: A comedy of errors in three acts. English Journal, 93(6), 62-64. ProQuest Document ID: 237292071
CODE Resources
- Cause for Applause – Senior Dance – Public
- Clowning for Change – Grade 9 Drama – Members Only
- Dance, Financial Literacy, and Media Messages / La danse, littératie financière, et messages médiatiques - Grade 6 - Public
- Financial Literacy and Inequities in the Distribution of Wealth – Grade 4 Drama – Public
- Financial Literacy and Money Messages in Popular Music – Grade 7/8 Drama – Public
- Financial Literacy and Personal Responsibility in Times of Financial Crisis – Grade 9/10 Drama – Public
- Financial Literacy: Needs Versus Wants – Grade 7-10 Dance – Public
- Financial Literacy through Theatre of the Oppressed Techniques – Grade 11/12 Drama – Public
- If I Had $100 – Grade 4 Drama – Public
- In the Souls of the People – Workshop by Jonothan Neelands based on the Grapes of Wrath – J/I/S Drama – Members Only
- Safe Way Home – Intermediate Drama – Public
Picture Books for Entry Points
Plays and Other Sources
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