Everyday Acts of Citizenship
Unit of 1 Lesson
Grade Levels:
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Subjects:
Arts Education
Language Arts
Social Studies
Keywords:
Issue Area:
Civil society
Focus Question
What are the issues we care about, and what are creative ways young people can address the needs?
Unit Overview
In this 8-activity unit, students explore different issues that they care about. Through discussions and activities they become aware of injustices or personal passions for local issues. They learn the skills of investigation and planning and reflection.
Lessons in This Unit
Through this activity participants become aware of their own privileges, and the racial, cultural and socio-economic biases in society today.
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
If [people] can learn to hate they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. ”
~Nelson Mandela