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Youth learn about basic human rights and discuss whether everyone deserves these rights. In addition, they reflect on examples of human kindness and collective action for the common good.
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Unit: A Voice for Children
Unit: Cultural Competence
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Expanding on the lesson about critical conversations, participants explore ways to use their voices for good. The book Say Something by Peter Reynolds encourages readers to find their own way to express their voice - through speaking, poetry, song, and other ways.
Unit: We the Kids - The Three Branches and Me
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After comparing and contrasting entertainment and editorial cartoons, the learner uses cartooning as a means of public voice about political and social issues. ...
Unit: Bullying Prevention Plan
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Youth make a plan as empowered and responsible members of the civil society to take action to prevent bullying behavior while being sensitive to the people involved, from the victim to the bystander to the bully....
Unit: Making our Voices Heard for the Community (9th Grade)
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6
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Raise awareness of the importance of freedom of speech and the opportunity to voice one's opinion without fear of reprisal, as principles basic to a democracy. The learners investigate ways to have a positive influence in encouraging eligible voters to make their voices heard at the polls during...
Unit: TeachOne for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Learners use visual literacy skills to analyze the components and message of an image. The students identify issues that are meaningful to them and create a simple image/message and then design a social media campaign to advocate for their issue. ...
Unit: Food for Thought Middle School Unit by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
6
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To help students see music as an art form that identifies social injustice, advocates for change, and proclaims hope on behalf of the forgotten.
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Unit: Be the Change: Democracy
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In this lesson, we explore the importance of each person's right to vote and the injustice of limiting that power. ...
Unit: Teaching Tolerance (Private-Religious)
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Using a traditional Jewish text as its basis, this lesson emphasizes the importance of sharing in a relationship.
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Unit: Be the Change: Homelessness
Grades:
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The learners examine their preconceptions about homelessness and build understanding of people who are homeless.