Students consider the question "Who am I?" and identify social and cultural factors that shape identity by reading a short story and creating personal identity charts.
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Holocaust
Understanding Universe of Obligation
Students are introduced to the concept of "universe of obligation" and prompted to illustrate circle of individuals who they feel a responsibility to care for and protect.
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Understanding the Conditions that Lead to “Ethnic Cleansing"
Students understand news from Myanmar about the persecution of the Rohingya by analyzing a recent New York Times article.
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Holocaust
Universe of Obligation
Students learn a new concept, universe of obligation, and use it to analyze the ways that their society designates who is deserving of respect and caring.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Verifying Breaking News
Students evaluate the differences among news accounts about Ferguson, develop strategies for verifying news and information, and understand the challenges facing journalists as they cover complex, fast-moving events.
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Holocaust
Watching Who Will Write Our History
Students view the film, analyze a primary source from the Oyneg Shabes archive, and consider why it matters who tells the stories of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
When Differences Matter
Students consider what happens when one aspect of our identity is privileged above others by society.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Why Little Things Are Big
Students reflect on the power of being labelled and use Jesús Colón’s essay to reflect on their own experiences of being misjudged.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Working Together to Realize Our Shared Ideals
Students use a strategy that promotes active listening and intellectual engagement to discuss film clips featuring baseball manager Joe Maddon and civic entrepreneur Eric Liu.
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Global Immigration
"Home" by Warsan Shire
British-Somali poet Warsan Shire gives voice to the experiences of refugees in this poem about "home."
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Global Immigration
"How to Bloom in Dark Places” by Warsan Shire
Poet Warsan Shire tells the story of a young Somali-born refugee in this poem from the film Brave Girl Rising.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"More in Common Than We Thought" – Chicago, Parkland Youth Stand in Solidarity
Read about the meeting of student activists from committed to ending gun violence from Parkland and Chicago.
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