Exploring Social Inequality
Students explore social inequality in the UK, discussing how an individual’s background can impact their opportunities before examining graphs that display social inequality and employment trends.
![Heads of shoppers and commuters in a busy urban street scene.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/iStock-488571074_Medium_res.jpg?h=e91a75a9&itok=U9Sp3pT2)
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.
![A black-framed magnifying glass](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/black_framed_magnifying_glass_FH2182331.png?h=03c239ed&itok=v4e-JC-w)
Putting the Characters on Trial
Students finish reading the play and participate in a court trial to decide which character is the most responsible for the death of Eva Smith.
![Sketch of Main Court Room Guildhall, Kingston.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Sketch_of_Main_Court_Room_Guildhall_Kingston_%20FH2182329.jpeg?h=36d6ba9e&itok=zHl0ebPh)
Social Systems and Individual Agency
Students identify the parts, people, and interactions of various social systems, thinking about what bearing they have on character choices and behaviour, before considering responses to injustice.
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Theatre as a Call to Action
Students consider theatre as a call to action, discussing its power and limitations to spark real social change, before plotting their own play inspired by An Inspector Calls.
![Group photo of An Inspector Calls cast members.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Cast_An_Inspector_Calls_%20FH2182328.jpg?h=ddb1ad0c&itok=ZYqHzehl)
The Treatment of Edwardian Women
Students examine various resources, including excerpts from Emmeline Pankhurt’s ‘Freedom or Death’ speech, to gain an understanding of how women were treated and expected to behave in Edwardian society.
![The leader of the Women's Suffragette movement, Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested by Superintendent Rolfe outside Buckingham Palace, London while trying to present a petition to HM King George V in May 1914.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Emmeline_Pankhurst_Suffragette_arrested_outside_Buckingham_Palace_1914_FH2182321.jpg?h=161cb7ef&itok=KpEKtdUI)
Confronting A Violent Past: Red Summer in Chicago
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Chicago, IL
Join us for an interactive workshop to engage in discussions about Red Summer in Chicago and how to bring this history to high school classrooms. This event will be hosted in-person.
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Universe of Obligation and Human Rights
Students learn about universe of obligation, how individuals and nations define their responsibilities toward other people.
![A group of students sitting in chairs in circle](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/5-1-17FacH07940.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=Jiyv1hro)
Defining Universal Human Rights
Students consider what rights should belong to every human being on earth, create their own definition of a right, and learn about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
![President Harry S. Truman with Eleanor Roosevelt on July 1, 1948, in Washington, DC.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/photo_20_Medium_res.jpg?h=b391b280&itok=YeXFpGjJ)
Complicating the Universality of Human Rights
Students examine the tensions that emerged between nations with different cultures, values, and systems of beliefs when drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and will then consider the consequences of a world that cannot agree on universal rights for all people.
![Eleanor Roosevelt sitting with two other men at a United Nations meeting in New York City](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/67-314.jpg?h=3eea986c&itok=BLv1D5o4)
Making Rights Universal
Students read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and discuss whether these rights are universal and enjoyed by individuals and groups in the world today.
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