POLITICAL ACTION
The 2024 BCTF AGM passed Resolution 107 in Education Policy, calling upon the Federation to lobby the Ministry of Education to add several key events from the history of Palestine/Israel to the Social Studies 6-12 curriculum.
The full text of Resolution 107 is as follows:
That the BCTF:
1. Continuously lobby the Ministry of Education and Child Care to include, where applicable, the following as part of the grades 6-12 Socials and History curricula until it gets added to the elaborations:
a) The Nakba
b) The 1948 Arab-Israeli War
c) Military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank
2. Have the BCTF president acknowledge through the next Teacher magazine that these events are essential to understanding the history of Palestine and Israel in the President’s Message.
TEACHING RESOURCES:
Lesson plan, “The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Searching for a Just Peace” — BCTF
More resources available upon request.
Contacts:
School Board Trustees:
MLA: sheila.malcolmson.mla@leg.bc.ca and SDPR.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Victoria Office: (250) 356-7750
Constituency Office: (236) 362-0012
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