Catherine Irving

Students analyze why religions have internal conflicts and discuss whether these conflicts are truly religious in nature.

This lesson challenges students to take a position related to what is causing or fueling conflicts that could be labeled religious. Students create an argumentative research paper and presentation.

Students are asked to read two articles related to religion's take on pollution and two articles from nations where there is an attempt to make recycling a part of the culture.

Objective: to allow students to explore the interplay between China’s politics, environmentalism and Tibetan Buddhism. Lesson length: 50 minutes.

Students will analyze whether technology can increase citizens’ abilities to fight corruption when speaking out can result in jail time or death.

Students will analyze how important school lunches have become in India.