Stop the Hate for Goodness Sake: How Can Classroom Teachers Disrupt Discrimination and Promote Hope, Foster Healing, and Inspire Joyful Learning?

Stop the Hate for Goodness Sake shows teachers how to confront racism and disrupt discrimination in order to deepen students’ understanding of social justice, diversity, and equity. Background information, statistics, and reports on incidents of hate will help students consider ethical and moral behavior. Forty step-by-step lessons involve discussion, oral and written narratives, case studies, assumption charts, and more. This thoughtful examination of today’s world will help teachers encourage reflection, foster inclusion, and inspire students to take action. This in-depth guide will show teachers of 8- to 14-year-olds how to start and manage important conversations that will lead to change.

Dr. Andrew B. Campbell (DR. ABC) is presently an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Teaching Program at OISE-University of Toronto and an adjunct Assistant Professor at Queens University. A Jamaican-Canadian, Andrew has been an educator for over 25 years in Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Canada. A workshop facilitator and motivational speaker, his work focuses on issues of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Racism/Anti-Black Racism, Educational Leadership, 2SLGBTQI+ Issues, and Teacher Performance Evaluation.

Larry Swartz is currently a literacy and arts instructor at OISE, University of Toronto. For the past 40 years Larry has worked as a classroom teacher, consultant, workshop and keynote presenter, both nationally and internationally. Committed to helping teachers choose and use quality children’s literature across the curriculum to deepen understanding of social justice diversity and equity. Larry’s recent publications for teachers include Better Reading Now, Teaching Tough Topics and Deepening In-class and Online learning.