Author(s)	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier
Publisher	Between The Lines
Publication Year	2024

ISBN: 9781771136280

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Roles of Resistance

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Game Plans for Teachers and Troublemakers

This book outlines lesson plans on how to fight the power with people power. The thirteen lesson plans in this book created by John-Henry Harter and Mark Leier can be used independently or combined to create a semester-long course. Sections include units on teaching political economy, labour history, and social activism based on democratic, experiential teaching, including role-plays, simulations, and games. The tried and tested classroom activities in this teacher’s guide are bound to create a vibrant learning experience, enriching debates.

Contributors

John-Henry Harter

John-Henry Harter is a lecturer in history and labour studies at Simon Fraser University. He is an award-winning teacher whose research and teaching focus on both environmental and labour history as well as pop culture. He has published in both academic journals and popular magazines.

Mark Leier

Mark Leier teaches in the History Department at Simon Fraser University. He is the author of four books on labour and left history and a biography of the 19th century anarchist Mikhail Bakunin. An award-winning teacher, his research focuses on questions of political ideology, organization, resistance, and democratic pedagogy.

Chapter	Contributors	Pages	Year	Price
Introduction Harter and Leier present this book as a tool for teaching students to critically examine capitalism, how it functions, its impacts, and how the current economic system might be challenged to … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	3	2024	$0.30
On Role-Plays, Games, and Simulations This section outlines the pedagogy behind the different role-play activities featured throughout the book, and includes a table of quantifiable outcomes for each game, role-plays, and simulations. View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	3	2024	$0.30
Part 1: Theory and All That This section presents a lesson plan that helps students understand how trade works, offering insight into the real nature of capitalism. It includes required materials, step-by-step instructions, … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	9	2024	$0.90
Part 1: Theory and All That This section presents a lesson plan that prompts students to examine markets and the exchange of goods and services. It includes required materials, step-by-step instructions, and guiding … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	7	2024	$0.70
Part 1: Theory and All That This section presents a lesson plan that encourages students to explore why employers constantly alter the work process, emphasizing capitalism’s drive for efficient production. It includes … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	8	2024	$0.80
Part 1: Theory and All That This section presents a lesson plan that helps students understand the role of tariffs in Canadian economics. It includes required materials and step-by-step instructions. View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	8	2024	$0.80
Part 2: Organizing This section presents a lesson plan centered on the Vancouver Free Speech Fight of 1912, designed to help students analyze strategies for building more effective social movements. It includes … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	10	2024	$1.00
Part 2: Organizing This section presents a lesson plan using the historic context of the Gainers Strike in Alberta. Participants learn about organizing, strikes, picket lines, and the power of solidarity. It … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	15	2024	$1.50
Part 2: Organizing This section presents a lesson plan that invites students to explore creative ways to strengthen democracy in workplaces and communities, including strategies like community power and worker … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	14	2024	$1.40
Part 2: Organizing This section presents a lesson plan aimed at helping students recognize and overcome differences in the workplace, such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, job, and wage, that make unity and … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	14	2024	$1.40
Part 2: Organizing This section presents a lesson plan using Greanpeace Canada’s anti-stealing campaign to explore the historic divide between the labour and environmental movements. It includes required … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	11	2024	$1.10
Part 3: Exercises, Games, and Further Rabble Rousing This section presents a lesson plan which offers a history lesson and a cooperative, entertaining way for people to share their experiences of work, class, and politics. It includes required … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	5	2024	$0.50
Part 3: Exercises, Games, and Further Rabble Rousing This section presents a lesson plan requires students envision ways to build a greener future that puts sustainability and workers’ rights together, using actual land that was in industrial … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	12	2024	$1.20
Part 3: Exercises, Games, and Further Rabble Rousing This section presents a lesson plan that explores the historical, political, and public meanings of the commemoration of Canada’s natural history in the form of currency. It includes … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	4	2024	$0.40
Part 3: Exercises, Games, and Further Rabble Rousing This section presents a lesson plan that teaches about the wealth inequality and its effect on social life. It includes required materials, step-by-step instructions, and guiding discussion questions. View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	6	2024	$0.60
Conclusion & Notes Harter and Leier reflect on the transformative potential of role-play activities for students, emphasizing their value in fostering critical engagement and social awareness. It also includes a … View	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	5	2024	$0.50

Roles of Resistance

Game Plans for Teachers and Troublemakers

Contributors

John-Henry Harter

Mark Leier

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