Direct from the pamphlet: "Beacon students study world events of the past and make meaningful connections between past inequalities and current global issues. In 9th grade, students participate in the Middle East Peace Conference and learn about the key challenges to peace and the distribution of resources in that region. In 10th grade, students learn about the legacy of imperialism, world wars, the Cold War and international human rights issues. As a complement to the two year Global History curriculum, students complete 50 hours of community service and explore ways they can affect social change now and in the future."
It was a day where students were both educators and participants, and our job was to teach the students to teach.
here are some pictures:
There were about 60 topics that students taught in groups of 4-5. Here are a few of them:
UN Millenium Development Goals and G8
Small Arms Trade: Legacies of the Cold War and Urban Violence
The International Criminal Court and Geneva Conventions:
Victors’ Justice or A Step Towards Global Morality?
NGOs: Are they essential for change or do they excuse governments from responsibility?
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic: Is education the key to success or a form of social control?
Global, Multinational Corporations: Greedy Companies or Pioneers of World Progress?
Trade Barriers and Economic Sanctions: Are They Effective?
Taliban, Hamas, Tamil Tigers, and Al Qaeda: Terrorists or Disenfranchised Groups?
Tobacco: Recreational Habit or Method of Social Control?
Latin America at the Crossroads: The Venezuelan Challenge to American Influence
The International Debate on Human Rights and the Prison Industrial Complex
International Cooperation or One World Government: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Who Cares About Mother Earth: Can We Find a Balance Between the Needs of Human Civilization and Sustainable
Indigenous Peoples and the Discourse of Progress
Women’s Rights and Transnational Feminism
The Future of Globalization: Transnational Capital
Neoliberalism and the Global Justice Movement
etc. etc. etc...
UN Millenium Development Goals and G8
Small Arms Trade: Legacies of the Cold War and Urban Violence
The International Criminal Court and Geneva Conventions:
Victors’ Justice or A Step Towards Global Morality?
NGOs: Are they essential for change or do they excuse governments from responsibility?
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic: Is education the key to success or a form of social control?
Global, Multinational Corporations: Greedy Companies or Pioneers of World Progress?
Trade Barriers and Economic Sanctions: Are They Effective?
Taliban, Hamas, Tamil Tigers, and Al Qaeda: Terrorists or Disenfranchised Groups?
Tobacco: Recreational Habit or Method of Social Control?
Latin America at the Crossroads: The Venezuelan Challenge to American Influence
The International Debate on Human Rights and the Prison Industrial Complex
International Cooperation or One World Government: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Who Cares About Mother Earth: Can We Find a Balance Between the Needs of Human Civilization and Sustainable
Indigenous Peoples and the Discourse of Progress
Women’s Rights and Transnational Feminism
The Future of Globalization: Transnational Capital
Neoliberalism and the Global Justice Movement
etc. etc. etc...
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does noone care about the state of the world???
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