High School
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Lesson Plans
Images from the Past, Images from the Present: Black Excellence, Resistance, and Joy Yesterday and Today
Students explore underreported stories of Black excellence, resistance, and joy past and present and use images, text, and interviews to create collages that form a class museum of Black joy.
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This unit makes space for students to discern local/global sources of hope and pride. Using visual storytelling and interview skills, students make storyboards highlighting people who inspire them.
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Students explore how environmental degradation disproportionately affects marginalized communities, reflect on the sacredness of water, and create art to communicate a message of environmentalism.
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Students analyze texts and art on the theme of humanity. They explore stories about Ethiopia's civil war and the experiences of Rohingya refugees, and create poems and art in response to the stories.
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Students discover the range of global events that spur human migration and then explore one migration narrative by crafting a book cover that captures their journey.
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Students explore how visual arts are used globally to amplify marginalized voices, and create block prints uplifting underreported stories. This unit contains supports for multilingual learners.
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Vaccine Hesitancy and Historical Trauma
Students will examine and discuss reporting about vaccination efforts in Ghana and Chicago to better understand the relationship between medical racism and vaccine hesitancy among people of color.
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Examining Challenges to Reproductive Freedom
Students will build their knowledge of the challenges people face when trying to access abortions. They will then use research, writing, and media literacy skills to make local and global connections.
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Examining Peacebuilding as a Framework
Students will examine peacebuilding efforts in Chicago and Colombia, looking at how peacebuilding can be used as a framework to address the underlying causes of conflict, heal trauma, and prevent the...
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Celebrating AAPI Grassroots Action Amid the Pandemic
Students watch a video about two queer Asian women who have provided critical support amid the COVID-19 pandemic before researching and celebrating local Asian and Pacific Islander leaders.
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Unpacking the Symbolism of Monuments and Memorials
Students explore the relevance of monuments, street names, and memorials as symbols in the context of racial justice.
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'Bring Them Home' Lesson Plan and Viewing Guide
Students will examine the challenges of negotiating for the release of a U.S. businessman detained in Iran by watching a short film about his family and their efforts to secure his freedom.