Civics

A Common Humanity--Acceptance, Tolerance & Inclusion

 

Essential Question: What criteria are necessary to build a learning community that honors and respects all students?

Activity 2: What Can I Do?

Activity 2: What Can I Do?
Through a series of guided activities, students will delve into the current conflict about the protection of endangered species and their habitats to come to an informed decision. Through the components of this activity, students will identify an issue or problem that needs to be addressed related to endangered species, collect information to support their position, draft a proposal and then recommend and action strategy for implementing their proposal.

Picture of member, Linda Johnson-Towles

Linda Johnson-Towles
eLearning Project Manager, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

A Common Humanity--Acceptance, Tolerance & Inclusion

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a 158,000 sq. ft. education center and interpretive museum located on the site of the Antebellum community, known as “Little Africa,” on the banks of the Ohio River in Cincinnati, OH. Using storytelling and first-person experiences, the Freedom Center draws meaning from the historical narrative of the Underground Railroad, and its lessons of courage, cooperation, and perseverance, to inspire a new generation of change agents to take action against contemporary injustices, wherever they exist.

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