Students broaden their understanding of the relationship between Scout and Calpurnia by pairing scenes from Harper Lee’s two novels with a historical account from a Southern domestic worker.
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Exploring the Relationship between Scout/Jean Louise and Calpurnia
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Getting to Know the 10 Questions
Students begin thinking about civic engagement in terms of their own passions and identities as they are introduced to the 10 Questions Framework.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Hands Up, Don't Shoot!
Students review the US Department of Justice report, revisit how confirmation bias impacts our understanding of events, and consider how to bridge the gap in understanding that often surrounds events like Ferguson.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
How Journalists Minimize Bias
Students experience the challenges to reporting objectively by writing a news piece and watching a video about how journalists counteract bias in the newsroom.
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Race in US History
Identity and Individuality: Exploring Art & Literature
Students use works by visual artist Glenn Ligon and writer Zora Neale Hurston to examine questions about their own identity.
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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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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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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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Race in US History
Interracial Democracy
Through a video-based activity, students explore how Radical Reconstruction changed the nature of voting rights and democracy in the South.
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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
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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