Students use works by visual artist Glenn Ligon and writer Zora Neale Hurston to examine questions about their own identity.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Identity and Labels
Students analyze a cartoon and a short video that prompt reflection on the ways we use labels, stereotypes, and assumptions to identify each other.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Identity and Names
Students begin to explore the concept of identity by considering how our names represent who we are and reflect our relationship to society.
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Holocaust
Identity in a Modern World
Students study the ways eastern European Jews struggled with the notion of identity in the late nineteenth century, and draw connections to their own experiences with identity.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Inspecting Inspector Goole
Students create an identity chart for Inspector Goole, analyse his parting words, and look for clues to uncover who or what Inspector Goole is.
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Holocaust
Interdisciplinary: Creative Expression in the Ghetto in Petr Ginz’s Diary
"Students explore the artwork of a young man imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto and consider the value of creative expression as a means to cope with oppression. "
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Holocaust
Interdisciplinary: Self Expression During the Holocaust in Elisabeth Kaufmann’s Diary
Students examine the artwork in a young woman’s diary in order to consider the diverse ways people expressed fears and documented life during the Holocaust.
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Introducing Literature Circle Roles to Students
Students define, question, and practice the different roles they will be playing in their Literature Circle discussions.
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Holocaust
Introducing The Unit
Students develop a contract establishing a reflective classroom community in preparation for their exploration of this unit's historical case study.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Keeping Watch on Democracy
Students analyze benchmarks developed by political scientists to measure the health of democracy in the United States.
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Justice & Human Rights
LGBTQ History and Why It Matters
Students learn about two millennia of LGBTQ history and reflect on how that history is represented in their textbooks and curricula.
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Holocaust
Learn the History Across Diaries: Jewish Councils and Jewish Police
Students draw on diary entries and historical documents to build an understanding of the complicated role Jewish councils and Jewish police played within Nazi-run ghettos.
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