Taking Ownership of the Law
Students learn about Mum Bett and Quock Walker, who successfully sued for their freedom, and reflect on what their stories illuminate about democracy today.
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The Rule of Law and Why It Matters
Students explore what it means to respect the rule of law and consider its importance in a democracy.
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What Does It Mean to Belong?
Students identify the range of actions they can take when confronted with exclusion. The term upstander is introduced, as well as key terms such as bystander, perpetrator, and victim.
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What Makes Memphis a Community?
Students connect what they have learned about communities to their knowledge of Memphis,TN, by analyzing images of historical and local importance to the city.
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What Shapes Your Identity?
Through a poem-writing activity, students broaden and deepen their understanding of identity.
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Who Am I?
By asking the question "Who am I?" students explore the role that identity plays in forming their values, ideas, and actions.
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Who Are We?
Through a gallery walk activity, students learn that communities consist of a collection of people with unique identities.
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What Lessons Can We Learn?
Students address the essential question of the unit in a people's assembly, reflecting on the lessons that we can learn from An Inspector Calls.
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How Do We Restore, Repair, Reconstruct, and Redress?
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Scholars ask why a multifaceted approach for societal repair is needed, create space with poetry, and examine German efforts to atone for Nazi atrocities. This is a recording of session one of the 2021 Global Summit.
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Get Prepared to Teach this Scheme of Work in Your Classroom
Prepare yourself to teach this unit by reading about our pedagogy, teaching strategies, and the unit's content.
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What Possibilities Do Truth Commissions Offer for Redress and Reconstruction?
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Speakers discuss South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, including its strengths, limitations, and legacies. This is a recording of session two of the 2021 Global Summit.
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