TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1 ECOLOGICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -- PART 2 - DIVERSITY -- PART 3 - DEMOCRACY -- PART 4 - MULTICULTURALISM -- PART 5 - SOCIAL JUSTICE -- INVITATION -- REFERENCES -- PART 1: ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE/ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY -- 1. A CASE FOR APPEAL -- POINT 1: STATUS OF THE RESPONDENTS IN THE WORLD -- Ownership -- The Prudent Parent -- POINT 2: ARE THE RESPONDENTS UNFIT GUARDIANS? -- Physical Abuse -- Negligence -- Sexual Abuse -- Substance Abuse -- Emotional Abuse -- Mental Incompetence of Parents -- APPELLANTS' DEMANDS -- REFERENCES -- 2. WE ARE NOT STRANGERS HERE -- REFERENCES -- 3. WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE JUSTICE? -- ENVIRONMENTALISM -- Learning about … -- Informing of … -- Taking Action … -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -- Learning about … -- Informing of … -- Taking Action … -- REFERENCES -- 4. DEVELOPING A DISPOSITION TOWARDS THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS -- VIGNETTES: ENCOUNTERS WITH 'NATURE' -- NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS:WHY AND HOW -- Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman (1997) -- The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry (1990) -- City Green by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (1994) -- Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand by Arthur Levine (1993) -- The Streets are Free by Kurusa (1995) -- The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague (1996) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE -- PART 2: DIVERSITY -- 5. INTERWEAVING DIVERSITY -- REFERENCES -- 6. DIVERSITY CREATES DIMENSION -- LIVING IN A DIVERSE CLASSROOM -- LEARNING ABOUT DIVERSITY -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES -- 7. A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS 'DIVERSITY'? -- SHOULD WE TEACH STUDENTS TO EMBRACE DIVERSITY? -- WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE CHALLENGED BY DIVERSITY? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 8. THE UNIFORMITY OF DIVERSITY IN CANADIAN CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS -- DENOTATION -- CANADIAN SOCIAL STUDIES DOCUMENTS.

DEFINITIONS OF 'DIVERSITY' -- QUALIFIERS OR "A TERM IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY IT KEEPS" -- VERBIAGE SURROUNDING THE TERM -- CONCLUSIONS ON A TANGLED ISSUE -- NOTE -- APPENDIX 1 -- PART 3: DEMOCRACY -- 9. DEMOCRACY IN THE CLASSROOM -- INTRODUCTION -- February -- March -- March -- April -- August -- September -- January -- February -- REFERENCES -- 10. STUDYING DEMOCRACY AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A FIELD GUIDE TO THE ENDANGERED DEMOCRA GENUS -- WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF ENDANGERMENT? -- Habitat Destruction -- Introduction of Exotic Species -- Overexploitation -- Disease -- WAYS TO SAVE THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Integration Rather than Captive Breeding -- Born to Be Wild -- Handling the Garden Tools of Democracy -- Creating a Localized 'Democra' Habitat -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 11. THE 'AYES' HAVE IT? -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS 'DEMOCRACY'? -- WHERE DO ELECTIONS COME INTO IT? -- SHOULD THE MAJORITY ALWAYS GET WHAT IT WANTS IN A DEMOCRACY? -- IS DEMOCRACY ONLY ABOUT THE RIGHT TO VOTE? -- IS DEMOCRACY AN ALL OR NOTHING PROPOSITION? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 12. TO BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY IS TO BE PROFOUNDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE CAPACITIES OF HUMAN BEINGS -- REFERENCES -- PART 4: MULTICULTURALISM -- 13. LIVING TOGETHER, GROWING TOGETHER -- WHAT IS 'MULTICULTURALISM'? -- CRITICISMS OF MULTICULTURALISM -- ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE MULTICULTURALISM -- Learning -- Informing -- Action -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 14. THE TIGHT FITTING SUIT OF MULTICULTURALISM -- FIRST BLUSH -- THE SACRED CURRICULUM AND THE STUDY -- THE DOUBLE-KNIT SUIT, THINLY WOVEN -- POCKETS OF TERMINOLOGY -- HOW DENSE IS THE MATERIAL? -- Cognitive Objectives -- Affective Objectives -- Teacher-Centred Objectives -- Activity-Centred Objectives -- CREATING A VERBAL ENSEMBLE -- A NEW SUIT? -- REFERENCES -- CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS EXAMINED -- 15. BEYOND FOODS & FESTIVALS.

CRITICAL WAYS OF TEACHING & LEARNING ABOUT CONNECTEDNESS AND CULTURE -- Exploring Origins: Similarities & Differences -- GETTING "INSIDE" -- TEACHING AND LEARNING FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES -- FINAL WORDS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 16. "HEY MISS, WHAT'S AN 'OTHER'?" -- "HEY MISS, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?" -- "HEY MISS, WHAT'S AN 'OTHER'?" -- "HEY MISS, WHAT ARE YOU?" -- NOTE -- PART 5: SOCIAL JUSTICE -- 17. UNPACKING PRESUPPOSITIONS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE -- ANTI-RACIST & ANTI-OPPRESSIVE EDUCATION -- SOCIAL STUDIES & SOCIAL JUSTICE -- SOCIAL ACTION & SOCIAL JUSTICE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- 18. THE BROOM AND THE WATER IN SOCIAL JUSTICE -- REFERENCES -- 19. THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD…? -- WHAT IS SOCIAL JUSTICE? -- ELEMENTARY ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE SOCIAL JUSTICE -- SECONDARY ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE SOCIAL JUSTICE -- CRITICISMS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE -- REFERENCES -- 20. SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOCIAL STUDIES -- "IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES" -- THE SCHOOL/SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE -- THE CLASSROOM CULTURE -- THE CURRICULUM CONTENT -- FINAL WORDS -- REFERENCES.