Teaching children at a young age about social justice can make the future generations much more aware of their surroundings and with hopes lead them to become more involved. Are things really equal in life to everyone? No. That is just life and something children need to understand it does not matter of the value of the material things but instead the connections and relationships you have with the world. Teachers need to help children understand the real world and venture out of the four walls of the classroom. Exposing children to real world opportunities and relating standards to their lives. What better way to teach children than what they may be interested in.
Instead of teaching the children the children to value money and materialistic things we should be teaching them to want to help others and make the world more fair. We need to ask the children what they can do to help other people who are less fortunate than we are. This could very easily be put into the curriculum, it can relate to geography, environmental science, social development and math. The children could collect cans to raise money for a third world country, they could collect goods for the troops and send them out or visit a local park and clean up all the trash. It is the little things that can make children want to be involved more.
The website discusses how some people in this world have it much better than others. Unfortunately this has to be the truth because of the way the nation has always been. It is our jobs as teachers to make sure despite their social status each child gets the education they deserve. My setting an example of there is always something you can do, perhaps the next generation will make the world more fair and equal and lower the families in poverty percentage.
http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/feb/17/how-to-teach-social-justice-resources-lesson-plans
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