Educators
Invisible Hands: Voices From the Global Economy Curriculum
These lesson plans provide students a point of entry for understanding economic systems from a human perspective, creating an opening for critical exploration of the ethical, moral, and legal issues connected to these systems.
Advocacy • Economic Justice • Environmental Justice • Gender Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice
Six by Ten: Stories From Solitary Curriculum
These lessons use the powerful narratives from Six by Ten: Stories from Solitary to support teachers and students in forming a deeper understanding of solitary confinement, mass incarceration, and the criminal justice system.
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice Curriculum
These accompanying lesson plans bring home these realities in a personal and relatable way, allowing students to grapple with the human costs that lie at the heart of this pertinent contemporary issue.
Advocacy • Criminal Justice • Cultural and Personal Identity • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice
Nowhere to be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime Curriculum
In this corresponding curriculum, students will examine the rights of political prisoners in Burma, making personal connections and connections to political prisoners around the world.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights
Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives Curriculum
These accompanying lesson plans for Hope Deferred create a point of entry for examining the past and present history of Zimbabwe, a Southern African country struggling with the legacy of colonialism, oppressive political leadership, and a collapsed economy.
Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice
Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives From Colombians Displaced by Violence Curriculum
These accompanying lesson plans explore the cultural, political, and emotional realities of being forced from one’s home or country of origin.
Advocacy • Cultural and Personal Identity • Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights
Refugee Hotel Curriculum
The lessons incorporate photography, visual art, and critical thinking, as they examine the assumptions that come with the label “refugee.”
Lavil: Life, Love, and Death in Port-Au-Prince Curriculum
Using the powerful oral histories, these multidisciplinary lessons invite students to grapple with such topics as colonialism, poverty, government corruption, and the 2010 earthquake.
