Students identify the responsibilities of citizen watchdogs, summarize strategies for combatting confirmation bias and responsibly consuming and sharing news and information, and complete a culminating essay.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Confirmation and Other Biases
Students define explicit, implicit, and confirmation bias, and examine why people sometimes maintain their beliefs in the face of contradictory information.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Connecting Identity and Legacy
Students respond to film clips in which Condoleezza Rice and Deidre Prevett discuss the influences of family, community, and the legacies of older generations on who they are today.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Connecting to the Past
Students read personal essays that illuminate how the choices made by our families and previous generations influence who we are today.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Contemporary Antisemitism and Youth
Students reflect on present-day antisemitism encountered online and on college campuses, and explore examples of youth who are standing up to it.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Defining Human Rights
Students create a definition for a "right" in order to explore the challenges faced by the UN Commission on Human Rights to create an international framework of rights for all human beings.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Defining Our Obligations to Others
Students are introduced to the concept of universe of obligation to better understand how societies create "in" groups and "out" groups.
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Race in US History
Discovering Identity
Students explore the relationship between identity, family, and race through filmmaker Lacey Schwartz's autobiograhical documentary about discovering her identity.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Empathy through Game Play
Students experience the value of hard empathy by participating in a game that requires understanding others' perspectives and goals in order to succeed.
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Race in US History
Eugenics and the Progressive Era: Living Newspapers
Students gain a more complex understanding of the Progressive Era in the United States and consider what it means to re-present history by using primary source documents.
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Holocaust
Exploring Identity
Students identify the social and cultural factors that help shape our identities by analyzing firsthand reflections and creating personal identity charts.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Exploring Individual and American Identity
Students identify the ideals and values we share in common as a nation by watching a video clip from States Marine Corps veteran Tegan Griffith and analyzing a reading.
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